Canada's Rita MacNeil Passes
During her career, she recorded 24 albums, had more than a dozen hits, starred in a […]
Entries by Robert K Oermann
Gospel Great George Beverly Shea Passes
Known as “America’s beloved gospel singer” and/or “the first international singing […]
DISClaimer: A Changing Of The Guard
I think we’re in the midst of a changing of the guard. On the recent ACM telecast, only Strait and Reba remained from the […]
DISClaimer: The Americana Scene
We’re going for gender equality this week. Here are five guys and five gals who help to make the current Americana scene […]
Music Filmmaker Les Blank Passes
Blank was notable for his interest in American roots music […]
DISClaimer: Let The March To Stardom Begin
Let the march to stardom begin. It has been so, so gratifying to watch the world fall in love with Kacey Musgraves. […]
DISClaimer: A Flash of 'Summer'
The platters this week are mainly as blah as the weather, but the most brilliant flash of light is from Brad Paisley […]
Pistol Party Presses Plastic
“It ain’t final until it’s vinyl.” That’s a saying that people used to have about the vicissitudes […]
DISClaimer: A Good Stack of Platters
For me, it’s a good day when most of the new music I hear is as good as this […]
Stompin' Tom Connors Passes
The life of Canadian country superstar Stompin’ Tom Connors was celebrated […]