Robert K Oermann, Author at MusicRow.com

Robert K. Oermann is a longtime contributor to MusicRow. He is a respected music critic, author and historian.

LifeNotes: Pedal Steel Pioneer Bud Isaacs Passes

September 9, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

Bud Isaacs, who made country music history as the first person to play the pedal steel guitar on […]

September 8, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Today’s stack of platters contained […]

September 1, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

As summer drags on relentlessly, we find relief in fresh country sounds. Our vocal collaboration […]

August 30, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

Longtime Opry staff fiddler Hoot Hester has died at age 65. Hester joined the Grand Ole Opry staff band […]

August 25, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

The Americana festival and convention will be here before we know it, so it’s high time we surveyed […]

August 18, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

What a bunch of junk. I can’t remember the last time I was so numbed by a listening session. […]

August 12, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

Singer Glenn Yarbrough, famed for his 1965 pop hit “Baby the Rain Must Fall” passed away in […]

August 11, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

It’s a testosterone festival. There are way too many guys in the mix today. Plus, there’s much […]

August 6, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

Hit Nashville songwriter Richard Fagan has succumbed to liver cancer. He died Friday (Aug. 5) with […]

August 4, 2016/by Robert K Oermann

Here we are in the blazing heat of a Southern summer, but the sounds from the country world […]