Sep 5, 2019 | 2019, September
September 05, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER A vast array of bright lights and country music marks the long and winding career of country legend Bill Anderson. Distinct of voice and song, Anderson at 81 remains as active as when he began more than...
Aug 19, 2019 | 2019, August
August 19, 2019 Colleen Creamer While the rest of America was roaring to jazz during the ’20s, in a small corner of the South, where back roads snake through early-morning mist and porches are used for melody-making as much as sitting inrockingchairs, another form of...
Aug 15, 2019 | 2019, August
August 15, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Music Notes See Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas at Bristol’s Paramount at 7 p.m. Dec. 1. Tickets, from $32 to $60, go on sale at noon Friday. A multiple Grammy winner, O’Connor’s prodigious work on...
Aug 1, 2019 | 2019, August
August 01, 2019 Tab Benoit by Tom Netherland | Special to the Herald Courier When B.B. King spoke or played the blues, people listened. Well, listen up. The late king of the blues said “If you really want to know how to play the blues, watch Tab Benoit.” Now’s your...
Jul 11, 2019 | 2019, July
July 11, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Music Notes “I love those bright lights and country music.” So goes the country classic by Bill Anderson. Hear the Country Music Hall of Fame member sing that and many more when he makes his career-first...