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Elizabeth Cotten, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Early Influencer Inductee, Left Deep and Lasting Mark on Folk and Roots Music
- When I heard Elizabeth Cotten (1895-1987) was going into the Rock Hall, I nearly fell out of my chair! As host of “The Village Folk Show,” I regularly hear Cotten’s name from the mouths of prominent folk artists — Guy Davis, David Bromberg, Gillian Welch, Eliza Gilkyson, Amy Ray. Credited with the “Cotten-picking” guitar-playing style […]
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Luke Combs, Eric Church & More Are Honoring John Anderson With a Star-Studded Tribute Album
“Listening to everybody do their own takes on the songs shows how the songs really come through," Anderson said in a statement.
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Sturgill Simpson, Eric Church Cover John Anderson on New Tribute Album
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Molly Tuttle on How Her ‘Crooked Tree’ Leads Straight to Bluegrass: New Album ‘Just Felt Really Natural’
The guitarist is joined by Margo Price, Gillian Welch, Billy Strings and more on her Nonesuch debut.
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Molly Tuttle embraces 'where the music started for me' on bluegrass album 'Crooked Tree'
Award-winning guitarist and solo artist Molly Tuttle is fulfilling her dream by playing headlining show at The Station Inn in Nashville.
- EntertainmentRolling Stone
Molly Tuttle Recruits Margo Price, Billy Strings for New Album ‘Crooked Tree’
Bluegrass singer-guitarist previews new project with live performance of title track
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Gillian Welch, David Rawlings Talk 20 Years Since Landmark Album ‘Time (The Revelator)’
"There was a moment where we thought, 'This is going to be our little concept record,'" says Rawlings
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Barry Gibb Harmonizes With Gillian Welch, David Rawlings on New ‘Butterfly’
Released by the Bee Gees in 1970, this version appears on Gibb's upcoming album 'Greenfields'
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‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ at 20: How the Soundtrack Reinforced a Roots Music Myth
It sold more than eight million copies and won the Grammy for Album of the Year, but the collection of old-timey music mistakenly equated primitive sounds with authenticity
