The Carter Family News

Yay! Another young, still-to-reach-their-prime performer! I like Laura Cantrell heaps.

For the past six years, audiences in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties have been entertained by the Americana Troupe, a collective of 14 musicians who specialize in acoustic folk, bluegrass and gospel numbers.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's star-studded 1972 triple-album Will The Circle Be Unbroken is regarded as the first stirrings of the nascent Americana movement, introducing The Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson to a young, metropolitan audience.

Mountain Stage host Larry Groce invited old-time historian and enthusiast Riley Baugus to perform some traditional Appalachian songs in Bristol, Tenn./Va., the border city that hosted the first successful recordings of Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Family and the Stoneman Family in 1927.

Some musicians travel with a big entourage, but it's hard to top Arlo Guthrie's posse.

D'you realize how rare second chances are? I do, and that's why I'm jubilant that Caffe da Vinci, a cornerstone of DeLand's scene, has finally reopened under the shortened name daVinci.

The Ryman Auditorium is excited to announce its latest exhibit which will be on display through the end of 2010.

When Loudon Wainwright III performs at the Carolina Theatre Oct. 15, it will be something of a homecoming.

A mature and heartfelt offering from vocalist Rosanne Cash, "The List" includes a dozen cover versions of tunes she chose from a list of 100 essential country songs compiled decades ago by her legendary father, Johnny Cash.

Virginia Tech now owns items associated with the famous Carter Family country music group of Southwest Virginia and that family's most famous in-law, Johnny Cash.

BLACKSBURG - Materials related to musicians of the Carter and Cash families, including June Carter and Johnny Cash, are now available at Virginia Tech University Libraries' Special Collections.

Keep In Mind Frankenstein NEW John O'Connor Carpal Tunnel Classic Labor Songs Vandaveer Resurrection Mary Divide & Conquer NEW Page France Jesus Hello, Dear Wind Okkervil River The Stand-Ins The Carter Family Doc Watson Texas Gales & Blackberry Rag The Doc Watson Family The Cave Singers Hen Of The Woods NEW Brownie McGhee Long Gone The Folkways ...

Maybe it's the lyrics about falling to pieces or being crazy for loving. Maybe it's the sweet harmony.

This fall in the High Country, there's more to savor than the colorful leaves, steamed corn and apple cider.

Dale Ann Bradley has never been afraid to take risks. The award-winning singer-songwriter recently moved out of Nashville and back home to Eastern Kentucky.

BRISTOL, Tenn. - John Cowan is "chomping at the bit" to play his brand of Americana in the birthplace of country music.

Marty Stuart is making the best music of his life. A veteran performer, his career began at age 12 when he played mandolin with the Sullivan Family, a bluegrass/gospel band from Alabama.

News : Refurbished Carter Family Museum Reopens to Public Sept. 27th BMNN wrote: on Sep.

Where: Millworks Theatre, The Mill at Lebanon Tickets: $50 for dinner and the show, $25 for the show only About the event: Ten singer/dancers trace the history of country music from the Carter Family in 1928 through current country artists of today.

Like black pepper to almost any dish, Jim Lauderdale's voice and delivery seem to blend in well with whatever style of music fascinates him.