Peter Rowan Calls Us From On High
New album Peter Rowan ‘Calling You From My Mountain’ The Forthcoming Release From Peter Rowan Out June 24, 2022 A new album from pioneering American roots musician Peter Rowan is coming, entitled Calling You From My Mountain (out June 24 via Rebel Records). The new release will feature original and traditional songs from Rowan and his multi-generational band, plus guests Shawn Camp, Billy Strings, Molly...
fayettevilleroots 2016 day two
Read our review of day two Fayettevilleroots festival 2016 26 August 2016 Fayetteville Arkansas A slow start after a social and late night prior. By the time I arose, only the dogs were there to greet me (the cat was preoccupied). I decided I would walk to the main festivities today – less than half an hour and I wanted to at least in part correct the huge sitting/moving imbalance due to much commuting of the past few...
fayettevilleroots 2016 – day one
Read our review of day one Fayettevilleroots festival 2016 25 August 2016 (evening) Fayetteville Arkansas This is a good place to reiterate that the fayettevilleroots festival is as much about food and fine drink as it is about music. Tonight at the Garner Farm in Fayetteville Arkansas, the festival kicks off. The site is gorgeous – local food, wine and other delights were on offer. Later on in the festival, there will...
How To Make The Perfect Bluegrass Album
Read our review of Happy Prisoner by Robert Earl Keen A sure-fire, step-by-step account of how to make the ideal bluegrass album Critical Ingredients one roots music troubadour – with enormous standing and credibility, with a vision to make a great result, an emotive leather-worn voice with an acute music sensibility, a great instrumentalist and possessing a lot of A-grade music compadres – like Robert Earl Keen nine of...
Peter Rowan Documentary – The Tao of Bluegrass
Read but the new documentary on bluegrass legend Peter Rowan The Tao of Bluegrass: A Portrait of Peter Rowan Grammy-award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, Peter Rowan is a singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of Bluegrass veteran Bill Monroe, to his time with Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) in Old & In the Way and breakout as a solo musician and bandleader,...