Alt.country artist Alabama Brown gets the cover of the February issue of Louisville Music News. Elsewhere inside, Mike Suttles remember the Cherokee Inn; Mike Stout has the latest country awards news; Alexander Campbell discusses the fusion of Latin and mountain music, Martin Kasdan mourns the loss of the Seelbach Jazz Bar and Eddy Metal has his usual collection of rants, raves, shout-outs and complaints about the Louisville metal/hard rock scene. All in the February issue of LMN, now available around the city.
Holly Stewart has embarked upon a really challenging musical adventure – to write and post a video of a new song every Wednesday for a year. She’s not the first to do something similar but nevertheless, it will be revealing of her musicianship and songwriting chops. Her Youtube channel is here; last Wednesday’s sung is “I Left My Heart In Our Truck”:
The January 2012 issue of Louisville Music News is out and in your favorite spots. The cover features Louisville composer/indie rocker Rachel Grimes, just back from a tour in Europe, planning a new project. Eddy Metal has a rant (surprise, surprise) and news about the metal/hard rock scene; KBS Blues President Gary Sampson takes the first month’s turn at I’ve Got A Mind To Ramble with a eulogy for John Carby and The Zeppelin Cafe; Alexander Campbell has a review of Vietnamese pop/rock at Horseshoe Casino; Mike Stout tallies all the most recent country award nominees and winners; Martin Kasdan Jr. has the jazz news.
Also online this month are two metal interviews by Eddy Metal: Anthrax and Five Finger Death Punch. Available online only on January 1, 2012.
Profile: Brett Eugene Ralph
Wheel Me Out magazine has a profile of Louisville native, poet and musician Brett Eugene Ralph. There are some audio DL’s of Ralph reading poetry and one of his band, Kentucky Chrome Review.
The Kentucky Headhunters garnered a lengthy interview/review at CMT.com concerning their latest CD, Dixie Lullabies. The interviewer was interested in “Tumblin’ Rose,” a song about menopause. Really
Country fans, take note - Pam Tillis will be in concert at the Bomhard on January 20. Tickets start at $25. Details here.
The December issue of Louisville Music News is out on the street, featuring Kevin Gibson’s cover story about the other four record stores on Bardstown Road. (Of course, there are also other stores that sell CDs as part of their business, but the four are designated as record stores.) Ben Jones of Better Days Records is on the cover. Elsewhere in this issue, Keith Clements writes his last Ramble column; Eddy Metal tallies up the results (and lessons learned) of his seventh Rock For Kosair event; Mike Stout has the latest Country music news; Alexander Campbell reviews Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba; Martin Z. Kasdan covers all the latest in the Jazz field and Gretchen Stein Henry waxes ecstatic about Over The Rhine. Grab a copy today at your favorite spot (but not ear X-tacy.)










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