Dec 13, 2024 · Who are these people who say that there’s no great music being released anymore - you know, not like when they were young? Maybe they’re just online trolls, but in any event, they couldn’t be more out of touch. We’re in a golden age of music making, and 2024 was another year to prove it. While the quantity of new roots music can be intimidating, the quality is widely distributed across ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Join host Reverend Fred for the best of good gospel music on this week's edition of Somebody Say Amen.

WMOT's American Roots music discovery station can be heard on 89.5 FM in Nashville, Murfreesboro and throughout Middle Tennessee

Nov 11, 2024 · The Americana Music Association was born at a series of meetings by roots music executives and advocates in 1999. As the AMA wraps up its 25th anniversary year, the scene it’s helped foster is bigger and more star-studded than its original organizers might have predicted. The 4,000-member organization has achieved many goals, from Grammy recognition to a more diverse and inclusive artist ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Mickey Raphael, interviewed by Craig Havighurst, for the String. Fifty years ago this month, Willie Nelson set up in a studio that was new to him - Autumn Sound in Garland, TX - to make his 18th album and his first for Columbia Records. Also for the first time in Nelson’s career, his contract gave ...

Dec 30, 2024 · We took some holiday down time to sip our bitters-infused bourbon cocktails to think about the year in old-time and bluegrass music. Because special things happen when the electricity’s cut off and the drummers take five and the performances are made with hands, fingers, voices, and old boxes of wood and wire. Here you’ll find breakout new stars of string band music, a blues revivalist ...

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Mar 15, 2024 · John Leventhal is one of the quiet achievers of American roots music going back more than 30 years. Early on as a guitar player in his native New York City, he connected with Jim Lauderdale and Shawn Colvin, co-writing and producing their debut albums. He met his wife Rosanne Cash as they worked on the pivotal album The Wheel. He’s produced some epic albums since then for William Bell, Sarah ...

Co-Host Grammy award-winning host David Holt is a musician, storyteller, historian, television host, and entertainer, dedicated to performing, preserving, and promoting traditional American music and storytelling. In addition to hosting Riverwalk Jazz, Holt is well known for his television and radio series. He served as host of the Nashville …

Finally Friday is WMOT's weekly Americana showcase featuring four artists live onstage at 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville.