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Stories by Holly Gleason

Letting the Music Lead to a New Chapter

December 7, 2019
Holly Gleason

Mary Steenburgen on a red carpet for acting is nothing new. And when the promotions for Wild Rose, an independent movie about a gritty Glasgow girl transfixed by a Nashville dream, ramped up, the...

For Son Volt, a Creative Stew Is Key to Originality

August 28, 2019
Holly Gleason

Jay Farrar didn’t know he was creating a whole new genre when Uncle Tupelo began, just as he didn’t set out to toughen up Americana with Son Volt, emerging with a band that merged Neil...

Still Letting Go and Letting the Music Lead

August 14, 2019
Holly Gleason

Dave Mason can’t believe how long he’s been on the phone. Half a century into the kind of stardom that affords someone the spotlight, the 2004 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee...

Paying Tribute to His Mentors, Steve Earle Still Stands Tall

July 4, 2019
Holly Gleason

Steve Earle sits on his bus at an Owensboro, Ky. bluegrass festival. He played the Opry the night before, Summerfest in Milwaukee the night before that. Once the show at this bluegrass festival is...

Keep Moving, Keep Growing, And Let Music Lead the Way

June 20, 2019
Holly Gleason

Richard Thompson remembers standing outside his sister’s bedroom door as a young boy, listening to the records she was playing on her Dancette record player, and marvels. Easily one of modern...

Mavis Staples Brings Her Voice and Passion to the Vineyard

August 13, 2018
Holly Gleason

Mavis Staples told Bob Dylan no. The socially conscious young woman who’d captured a fragmented America’s imagination as the earthy-voiced singer on the Staples Singers hits knew she wasn...

Patty Griffin Rises Again With New Take on Music and Touring

July 26, 2018
Holly Gleason

Patty Griffin has built a life of traveling the world and singing her carefully framed miniatures. Three decades into her career, the woman regarded as an “artist’s artist” realized...

Thirty Years After Trinity Sessions, Cowboy Junkies Are Still Breaking Ground

July 17, 2018
Holly Gleason

They arrived with the full impact of Lauren Bacall’s great line, “If you want to capture someone’s attention, whisper...” In the big bam wham glam of the hair metal era...

Mavericks Bring the Heat, Swing and Depth

July 13, 2018
Holly Gleason

Raul Malo is leaving for Europe in an hour, where he and his band the Mavericks will headline festivals in Spain and Holland. “There are 12 of us,” he says with a laugh. “Eight...

A Career Spanning Generations and Genres

July 5, 2018
Holly Gleason

It was during a gig in Austin with Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Chris Hillman that David Bromberg was lured back to recording. Killing time in the dressing room with Hillman, the founding member of...

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