"David Cantwell writes: I wrote the following piece for the current issue of Kansas City’s weekly paper, The Pitch. A couple of weeks from now I’ll spend a weekend proofreading the upcoming installment of the magazine No Depression. This issue marks an anniversary of sorts—this will be issue number 75—but..."

"Upcoming Indianapolis Shows:1/29 - The Howlies (Sam's Saloon)2/1 - Ralph Stanley (Music Mill) 2/2 - B.B. King (Murat)2/9 - Will Hoge + Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit + Dawn Landes (The Music Mill)2/10 - Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band & Flogging Molly (Vogue)2/15 - The Whigs, Tulsa & Wax..."

"After I had completed yesterday’s post I realized that I had neglected to mention some sources for the music that had inspired my post.The coalfields of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee are as rich with traditional music as they are with the dirty black rock that is both a..."

"While we are down in the southwest corner of Virginia I would be remiss not to mention two of my favorite Old Time performers and, in my humble opinion, two of the most influential songwriters and collectors of mountain music.Down in Grayson County is a little town that is well..."

"Many of you have probably come across this Little Monster record label (a subsidiary of the rumored-to-be money-troubled V2) if you traverse Stefan's Zooglobble or Amy's Mrs. Davis sites. They have a roster that is already a handful of artists deep, including the weird and not entirely pleasing to me..."