I’ve become something of a Carly Rae Jepsen fan recently, and I’m not sure how I feel about telling you that. She’s the epitome of bubble-gum pop music (remember the summer hit “Call Me Maybe”?), not a genre I normally hit…
There are two ways to write a song about your feelings. In the first, you can tell us what you’re feeling. You can tell us that you’re in love. You can tell us that you’re lonely. You can tell us that you’re…
Last weekend I drank from the bluegrass firehose. Wilkesboro, NC’s Merlefest is one of the US’s largest bluegrass and Americana music festivals, started back in 1987 by folk guitarist Doc Watson to honor his son Merle Watson. All of the greats…
I just got back from the Midnight Jam at Merlefest, America’s top roots music festival started by legendary blind folk guitarist Doc Watson. Ever since then, the festival has featured and fostered some of the world’s best bluegrass talent, from Jerry…
Happy Monday to you, wherever you are. If you’re gearing up for a new week of work, you know that one of most important tools is your Spotify account. And if you’re any kind of creative type, you know that…
I’m pretty open about my nerdiness. I love listening to film scores. If I ever need to make my work week feel just a little more epic, I’ll turn to Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings score or a favorite John Williams piece.…
Confession: I am an avid fan of country music. No, not the country music you may have heard in a truck commercial (though this is actually a great one). I’m talking about Western swing, alt-country, string band music, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass…