Stories Beyond the Music

A Look at Americana Music & the Artists that Make it Great

A Look at Americana Music & the Artists that Make it Great

STORIES BEYOND THE MUSIC

Lee Zimmerman offers insightful articles, interviews and reviews that revolve around those who continue to shape the sound of today’s Americana music and propel into the future.

Folk Alliance International 2018

Five Days of Music, Memories and Resonating Returns You might say that the annual Folk Alliance International conference is an embarrassment of riches. Where else can you find performances by literally hundreds of the most lauded names in folk, bluegrass, Americana and, yes, Grassicana? Where one minute you’re witnessing an…

Margo Price - A Sound Accomplishment

With Her Superb New Album, Margo Price Proves It’s Possible to Best Success It’s something of a misnomer to proclaim any up and coming artist an overnight sensation, even when the success he or she has attained seems instantaneous. After all, in most cases, the artist has toiled relentlessly, albeit…

All That Jazz - Montreal Jazz Festival

Montreal Jazz Festival Soars to New Heights Montreal is amazing. The closest thing to a European metropolis in the whole of North America -- Quebec aside -- it’s the ideal setting for the Festival International De Jazz De Montreal, easily one of the most amazing and diverse festivals of its…

'70s Rock & Romance Cruise Encourages a Nudge of Nostalgia

AMERICA “When we talk about surviving the ‘70s, are we talking about the decade or a certain age?” That comment from John Hall, the erstwhile leader of the band Orleans, made during a panel discussion about the impact of music from that particular decade drew several chuckles, but it was…

Warren Haynes - A Journeyman Musician Tours in Tribute to the Band

Referring to guitarist, vocalist, musical arranger and bandleader Warren Haynes as a journeyman musician is kind of skin to making note of of the fact that it often snows in the arctic. In other words, it's simply stating the obvious. While his day job with Gov’t mule and ongoing efforts…

Tedeschi Trucks Band Tennessee Theater - Knoxville, TN

January 26, 2017 Husband-wife partnerships can be tenuous. At times they find a stronger partner adding a less talented mate merely to assure domestic tranquility. Other times, they lead to a competitive situation which could cause a frayed relationships at home. Happily then, the Tedeschi Trucks Band seems to have…

Justin Hayward - A Timeless Troubador Muses About Days of Future Passed

At age 70, Justin Hayward could very well afford to retire and rest on his laurels, relishing a reputation that elevated him to the upper tier of British rock superstardom, not only for his role helming the Moody Blues, but also for a solo career that was recently encapsulated with…