Dave Higgs

We’ll be heading into town, with folding money in our pocket, with the intention of snagging some new CD’s from the likes of Junior Sisk, Frances Mooney & Fontanna Sunset, Sierra Hull, Darin & Brooke Aldridge, the SteelDrivers, Kristy Cox, Blue Steel and Fireside Collective.

On its most basic level, it’s the state of not wearing any footwear.  But in BluegrassLand, as elsewhere, it means so much more.  It’s a way to connect with nature; to get grounded, centered and focused.  There’s no better way to clear your mind, decrease anxiety and depression, erase insomnia or engage in a little self-initiated reflexology.  No wonder […]

It’s a flowing body of water contained by banks that’s smaller than a river, but bigger than a brook. In bluegrassland, they’re almost magical — usually exuding a peaceful easy feeling and containing healing powers. It’s where you go when you need to relax, breahte, contemplate and recharge. With the help of the Dixie Bluegrass […]

We will not be passing, we will not be collecting $200, be we’ll be going directly to the new bluegrass CD bins where we expect to spend far in excess of that amount. We’ll be checking out the latest from the likes of Nick Hornbuckle, Drive Time, the Lil Smokies, Hagar’s Mountain Boys, Shannon Slaughter, […]

We’ll be making another of our periodic trips to 1980, when, among other things in February of that year: Blondie’s “Call Me” is named the Billboard Song of the Year; the U.S. hockey team beats the Soviet Union in the Miracle on Ice at the Winter Olympics; Muhammed Ali tours Africa as President Carter’s envoy; […]

It’s the pre-bluegrass folk music of the Appalachian mountains dating back long before the arrival of electricity and the phonograph record. It’s a blend of European and African traditions and something uniquely American. It’s rife with ancient tones and the wisdom of the ages. It’s real, it’s authentic, it’s mesmerizing, and it’s still going strong.

If it’s not running on gasoline, it’s running on diesel. Diesel not only refers to the fuel that propels diesel engines, but the big trucks that make the economy hum, as well as the often lonely, dangerous and nomadic existence of the men that drive those big rigs. With the help of Chris Jones, Jim […]

On the surface, it’s a colorless, highly flammable petroleum-derived liquid that’s used as fuel in internal combustion engines. Along with coffee, it’s the stuff upon which America runs., But it’s so much more — it represents freedom and possibilities. It’s your get out of jail free card, an escape hatch, the way to a better […]

We’ll embark on an ambitious multi-part series on the life and times of bluegrass music in 1980. We’ll take our time, laboriously spotlighting the folks that made the high, blue and lonesome airways sing 40-something years ago, in more or less alphabetical order. In January, 1980, the government loans Chrysler 1.5 billion dollars; the final […]