Stuart Offers Photo History of Country Music

It wasn’t enough that youth prodigy mandolin picker Marty Stuart started his music career at 13. Or that he became a country rock icon in his twenties with the introduction of “hillbilly rock.” Stuart has continued to re-invent himself. All the while, through photographs and memorabilia, he has been creating an archive of […]

Tombstone, Arizona - Snapshots of the Past

When four Arizona city slickers decided to head south in search of a little history, what better destination than Tombstone, Arizona – the town too tough to die. So, we packed up the car and winded south with the tumbleweeds. We were off to see for ourselves a part of history that inspired so much […]

Please…SHUT UP!

Doug Davis, Emmett Roch and Bill Lewis jamming at Luckenbach, TX
One of my favorite things in this world are jam sessions. I’m very lucky my husband is a musician and I get to go to plenty of them. I don’t care which country or what place they take place in, I enjoy them all. I […]

Better Than Lefty? Dave Rich

Who is Dave Rich? Dave Rich is the best country singer you’ve never heard. Recording in Nashville in the mid-’50’s, Dave Rich was poised to be the “next big thing” in Nashville before leaving the music business altogether, returning abruptly to his Christian roots to pursue the ministry.
How’s this for a bold statement: Dave Rich […]

Marty Curse Broken…

“The Marty Curse”
by Cindy Dong (”Twangthang”)

Marty Stuart holds our attention year after year. We eagerly wait for his next release, wondering what he’ll come up with next to dazzle us or make us think.
Solid fans know of his early days as a teen prodigy mandolin player for Flatt and […]

An Appreciation of Hazel Dickens

Hazel Dickens is a living legend, a foundational artist still among us on Earth. There’s a hard, mountain edge in her voice, which, in its authority and power, sounds as if it might echo on forever. That authority, however, is anything but ego-driven; it comes from a mouth that, rarely smiling, sings out on behalf […]