interview Archive
28 Feb 2018
Asheville’s Holiday Hang 2017
Calling an event “Holiday Hang” suggests a loose, informal and fun way to spend a December evening. That’s accurate, but organizers of the annual event – now in its sixth […]
27 Feb 2018
Poco’s Rusty Young: A Good Feelin’ to Play
The genre of country rock has its origins in west coast bands of the late 1960s, including late-period Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield and Poco. And while perhaps […]
23 Feb 2018
Jack Devereux: Strings of Life (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… The Cult of Old Wood A violin maker can’t simply drive to the nearest lumber yard for wood. Devereux explains that the raw material – maple […]
22 Feb 2018
Jack Devereux: Strings of Life (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… The Right Way There’s a great deal of history wrapped up in the art of fiddle-making, but Devereux’s perspective on the subject is of a decidedly […]
21 Feb 2018
Jack Devereux: Strings of Life (Part One)
I was at a party,” Jack Devereux recalls. “This drunk girl sat on my violin and busted the head off.” What could have been an unmitigated disaster instead served as […]
20 Feb 2018
The Wiard World of Cary Grace (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… Grace describes Wiard products as “boutique, made-to-order units. Somebody will get in touch with me and let me know what modules they want, and put down […]
19 Feb 2018
The Wiard World of Cary Grace (Part One)
Cary Grace has followed a winding and unlikely path to arrive at her current situation. Born and raised in the American south, she’s currently living the the United Kingdom. And […]
16 Feb 2018
Lorrie Morgan: Living the Songs
Singer-songwriter Lorrie Morgan likes to say that her whole life is a country song. Her accumulated life experiences have enhanced her finely-tuned ability to get inside of the songs she […]
14 Feb 2018
Don Bryant: This is All I Know (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two… Around that time, the Bo-Keys’ regular singer Percy Wiggins started having health issues that precluded his involvement in some live dates. “Percy was out of performing […]
13 Feb 2018
Don Bryant: This is All I Know (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… By the middle of the 1960s, the Four Kings had broken up, but Bryant remained as a vocalist with Mitchell. Between 1965 and 1969, Bryant released […]