Comments on: Levon Helm in Final Stages of Cancer Battle; Pistol Annies Celebrate Record Store Day with Vinyl; Stream New Waco Brothers & Paul Burch Album

By: Barry Mazor

Barry Mazor — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:07:57 +0000

Levon Helm RIP. And a report out of Meridian MS, is that Chris Ethridge of the Flying Burrito Brothers (and many country sessions) is also near death, according to Booker T Jones, who spoke with him. Hard day. I’d met Chris in meridian myself; he’s had many stories to tell.

By: Jeremy Dylan

Jeremy Dylan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:09:35 +0000

I think people are losing respect for music because they can get it for free off the internet with no consequences.

If you could get a motor vehicle for no money and replace it for free almost instantly if you lost it, cars would become devalued pretty quickly too.

By: Redd Dirt

Redd Dirt — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:34:52 +0000

Clips from Underwood’s new album “Blown Away”…
http://soundcloud.com/jeff1317/blown-away-sampler

Any of the other 13 songs would have been a better choice then “Good Girl” for the first single.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:47:31 +0000

Music City Roots Alert! Tonight’s show will feature Tim O’Brien! Nuff said…(lol) Other artists include Tommy Womack and Rush To Judgement, Ryan Tanner, Todd Burge, and Jason Ringenberg. Did I mention Tim O’Brien would be there?
Link: http://www.musiccityroots.com/shows

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It’s a shame First Aid Kit don’t have more songs the caliber of “Emmylou”. Oh well…

I think Lucy Jones is onto something about people losing respect for the value of music. When you can get low-fi MP3′s streamed to your smart phone at any time in almost any place, it beomes a mere commodity. Also, the fact that so much, if not the vast majority, of today’s music in most genres (bluegrass has risen above the fray) is basically mediocre may also have something to do with it.