QUEEN ESTHER SHINES ON STAGE, PREVIEWS SONGS ON NEXT ALBUM
NEW YORK — Queen Esther’s remarkable voice and musical range was on full and splendid display at her album-release show here at Joe’s Pub...
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By Alan Richard
- Jun 3
- 14 min
QUEEN ESTHER'S RHAPSODY OF LOSS, LOVE
I’ve never met an artist quite like Queen Esther, and I bet you haven’t either. The, vocalist, musician, songwriter, producer, solo...
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By Alan Richard
- Feb 27
- 15 min
NASHVILLE HONORS PETER COOPER
NASHVILLE — Some of the most talented musicians and artists in Nashville or anywhere gathered on the night of Feb. 24 to share songs,...
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By Alan Richard
- Feb 24
- 16 min
MY MUSICAL MEMORIES OF PETER COOPER
When Peter Cooper died in December, Nashville lost a major figure in the music community, hundreds of us lost a good friend, and one of...
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By Alan Richard
- Jan 12
- 19 min
QUEER YEAR: MY 2022 FAVORITES
Black women ruled American roots music in 2021. The beautiful, striking, courageous presence of singer-songwriters Allison Russell, Queen...
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By Alan Richard
- Nov 6, 2022
- 16 min
WILLIAM BELL BACK TO BRING SOUL HOME
ATLANTA — The title song from William Bell’s forthcoming album, One Day Closer to Home, opens with a blues guitar riff that sounds at...
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By Alan Richard
- Jul 19, 2022
- 22 min
JON BYRD FINDS COUNTRY'S SOUL
NASHVILLE — Jon Byrd is one of Nashville's best pure country singers and gut-string guitar players. He’s surely the only one to have...
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By Alan Richard
- May 26, 2022
- 6 min
MIKO MARKS MAKES HER WAY 'HOME'
DECATUR, Georgia — Miko Marks has played music for a long time, but her first show at Eddie’s Attic showed why the talented...
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By Alan Richard
- May 21, 2022
- 20 min
ROY ROBERTS: STILL COUNTRY COOL
Something different was afoot one night in 1980 when Roy Roberts took the stage. The veteran R&B singer had toured for years on his own...
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By Alan Richard
- Apr 19, 2022
- 5 min
MARSHALL CHAPMAN COMES HOME
More than 50 years after she left Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Nashville, Marshall Chapman returned to her hometown to share her...
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By Alan Richard
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
END OF THE GROOVE
Howard Grimes died in February. The former drummer for the Hi Rhythm Section that backed so many greats at Royal Studios in Memphis had a...
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By Alan Richard
- Feb 2, 2022
- 8 min
COUNTRY MUSIC AROUND THE WORLD
From his home in Amsterdam, Jamal Khadar’s online radio program, Reimagining Country, is an exploration of his family’s cultural roots —...
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By Alan Richard
- Jan 9, 2022
- 22 min
QUEEN ESTHER: RECLAIMING HER COUNTRY
Queen Esther lives in New York City — but don’t you dare tell her she’s not a Southerner. Her very presence will prove you wrong. Then...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 30, 2021
- 22 min
BLACK WOMEN RULE: MY 2021 FAVORITES
I began writing my list of favorite music from 2021 several weeks ago, and I must confess that I came to the same conclusion as NPR music...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 20, 2021
- 5 min
ERIC SCHROEDER: SEARCHING FOR HOME
Eric Schroeder is a young rock ‘n roller with something to say. On his memorable and edgy new album, The Crucifixion of Eric Schroeder,...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 10, 2021
- 7 min
COUNTRY, RAP, BLUES: ONE NIGHT IN MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS — It took a great cause to bring some of America’s finest musical artists and their range of music together. It’s the kind of...
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By Alan Richard
- Dec 5, 2021
- 7 min
'SACRED SOUL' SHOW BRINGS MUSIC TO LIFE
MEMPHIS — Gospel artists Elizabeth King and Elder Jack Ward gloriously returned to live performances here this weekend for the first time...
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By Alan Richard
- Oct 24, 2021
- 4 min
MICKEY GUYTON'S RYMAN MEMORIES
NASHVILLE — Country singer Mickey Guyton shed some real tears from the Ryman Auditorium stage on October 17. While not the first time...
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By Alan Richard
- Oct 18, 2021
- 9 min
JOHN PRINE'S LABEL TURNS 40
NASHVILLE — John Prine was tired of the hobnobbing the music business seemed to require. What mattered most to him was writing songs,...
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By Alan Richard
- Oct 8, 2021
- 3 min
MARSHALL CHAPMAN ROCKS THE RYMAN
NASHVILLE — When Nashville singer-songwriter and author Marshall Chapman stepped barefoot onto the same Ryman Auditorium stage where...
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