Oct 3, 2019 | 2019, October
October 03, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Lorrie Morgan Give wide berth to major country music lineage en route to the Birthplace of Country Music. Presenting: Lorrie Morgan. Her guest? Hers and the late Keith Whitley’s son, Jesse Keith Whitley....
Sep 26, 2019 | 2019, September
September 26, 2019 TOM NETHERLAND The Paramount Chamber Players We know Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. They’re comparable to chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry — instantly recognizable from the vast enclaves of classical music. But what of Beach, Price and Holler?...
Sep 16, 2019 | 2019, September
September 16, 2019 DEBRA MCCOWN THOMAS John Pizzarelli grew up in a home steeped in music. His first instrument was a tenor banjo, which he was taught by his great-uncle starting at age 6. To the observation that jazz might not be the most familiar musical genre in...
Sep 15, 2019 | 2019, September
September 15, 2019 BY TOM NETHERLAND | SPECIAL TO THE HERALD COURIER Somewhere down on State Street awaken the ghosts of Jimmie Rodgers and Maybelle Carter astride alongside A.P. and Sara Carter. Look close. Listen closer. Feel their presence most profoundly in the...
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...