From the Blogs

• The Last Time I Saw Gram Parsons
  By Bill Conrad (His Prep School Pal)

 Summer of 1969, I was in London when I saw a flyer advertising the Byrds at Royal Albert Hall. Melody Maker, the local music news, suggested that a few Beatles and Stones might attend. That was incentive enough for me.
  The Byrds took the stage and launched into "Turn, Turn, Turn."  Other than band leader Rog […]
• Davina and the Vagabonds at Newcastle Cluny II
  The Cluny, Newcastle Thursday 17th May 2012 Alan Harrison One of my greatest pleasures is discovering new music any of its shapes and forms and tonight was a bit of a revelation as I had only ventured out of the house because there was nothing on TV. As the support act finished there were only about 30 people scattered around The Cluny and perhaps 75 were sc […]
• Lee Ann Womack Helps Houston's Homeless
  As founder and president of Healthcare for the Homeless -- Houston (HHH), Dr. David Buck (left with country star Lee Ann Womack at First Lady's Luncheon, Washington, D.C) is a busy man. So busy, in fact, he was taken aback when his office got a voice message from U.S. Representative Gene Green's wife Helen saying that she would like Dr. Buck to att […]
• TPR#88 Addam Scott - Interview and Music
  On episode 88 of the Taproot Music Show, Addam Scott, the musician, not the actor, talks to Calvin about his latest CD, San Diablo. He discusses the concept of conflict that runs through the CD and how he likes ““I like to move forward that contradiction and show the best of who we are as people and the worst of who we are as people.” He discusses his musica […]
• Album Review: Denison Witmer - The Ones Who Wait
  I’m going to confess that despite his fifteen year career in music,  I only discovered Asthmatic Kitty artist Denison Witmer last month when his ninth and latest CD The Ones Who Wait landed on my doormat, writes Neonfiller.com's Joe Lepper. Listening to the album I can see why he has been the anonymous bridesmaid but never the bride for so long. He can […]
• Guest Blog: Roots Music in Portland, Maine
  
Hearth Music Guest Blog: Roots Music 
in Portland, ME
by Melissa Rae Cohen We've got a special guest blog today from travel writer Melissa Rae Cohen, writing all the way from Portland, Maine about the great roots music in her hometown! I grew up in a very musical environment. My father and grandfather used to sit… […]