In the grand tradition Ernest Tubb, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Marty Stuart, and Tracy Lawrence comes newcomer Tim Culpepper. A top-shelf vocalist, Culpepper dips into the honky tonk playbook with "Pourin' Whiskey On Pain." Take a listen to the new single here!
A Conversation With New Music Seminar Exec and Tommy Boy Founder Tom Silverman
Mike Ragogna: How are you doing, Tom?
Tom Silverman: I'm doing fantastic! A little crazy, but fantastic.
MR: Is it fantastic because of what's on this year's New Music Seminar slate?
TS: Indeed, it is. Show More Summary
It's hard to quanitfy what it is about Marty Stuart's records that make them compelling listens. Oh wait, no it isn't! It's because they generally are real, live, genuine, Grade A country music. Read on to see what we have to say about Marty Stuart's fantastic brand new album here!
Marty Stuart
Nashville, Vol. 1: Tear the Woodpile Down
The casual listener may remember Marty Stuart for the string of country radio hits he enjoyed in the late eighties and early nineties. However, Stuart’s legacy was cemented by groundbreaking...Show More Summary
Earl Scruggs created a foundation for progressive musicians to build on. Bela Fleck is an example of one who took the banjo to new heights because of what Earl Scruggs created before him.
Country music icon Marty Stuart's brand new album "Tear The Woodpile Down" will be released on April 24. The album features his classic mix of traditional country music and spirited instrumentals, the type they used to make. Take a listen to this instrumental here and let us know what you think of it!
Sugar Hill Records has announced an April 24 release date for a new album from Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, Tear The Woodhouse Down. No… it isn’t a bluegrass record. From all appearances, it would categorized as traditional country. But no one can cast [...]
Fresh off the heels of the deliciously traditional "Ghost Train" album from 2010, Marty Stuart is set to release a brand new album via Sugar Hill Records. The album Nashville Vol 1: Tear The Woodpile Down will be released in April. Read on to see the complete tracklist!
Quick! Name a band lineup that included members of The Grascals, Marty Stuart & The Fabulous Superlatives, The Osborne Brothers, The John Cowan Band, and Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper (to name a few). If you guessed The Mike Snider String Band, you’re correct! Mike Snider [...]
Bluegrass has been a long served as a platform for artists to springboard to success in the country music arena. In addition to new traditionalists like Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Keith Whitley, and Ricky Skaggs, many other country artists dabbled in bluegrass early in their [...]
I gave a teaser last week about my pick for this week’s Album Of The Week: Marty Stuart’s acoustic album, Busy Bee Café. It features guest work by some true legends in our industry. Earl Scruggs, Carl Jackson, Jerry Douglas, Alan O’Bryant, Doc andMerle Watson, and even [...]
100 Greatest Men: The Complete List
He enjoyed a brief period of radio success, but Stuart's legacy was cemented when he left the commercialism behind and embraced the country concept album.
Sugar Hill Records invites you to spend an evening of classic country music with us at Music City Roots - September 7th. Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives will be joined by the rolls royce of country music singers, Miss Connie Smith as well as Nashville's hippest country guitarist Kenny Vaughan....
Nashville, Tenn., -- "Music City Roots: Live From The Loveless Cafe," (MCR) will celebrate two years of music, food and fun this fall with performances from Marty Stuart, Will Hoge, Thrift Store Cowboys and more. In addition, MCR recently...Show More Summary
The season finale of The Voice and the season premiere of Behind the Music (now streaming in full on our site!) stole the thunder of the two bands that performed last night on television, but you wouldn’t know it by watching them. Parachute, a band of University of Virginia graduates whose blend of Something Corporate [...]
Harvard Crimson piece on Marty Peretz's "dual legacy" includes the fact that he was thesis adviser to Stuart A. Levey. Levey was formerly the deputy under secretary of Treasury who lingered from Bush administration to Obama administration because he had the Iran portfolio, only to be replaced by his former law partner, David Cohen. You [...]
On Monday, Brody included a roundup of country music’s Grammy winners, ranging from Diamond Rio and Patty Loveless to Patty Griffin and Marty Stuart. It was the winner for Country Album of the Year, however, that surprised many country music fans: The award, which included nominees Jamey Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Lady Antebellum and [...]
Marty Stuart, April 1994:
At the end of the day, when nobody's looking and I'm just alone, my favorite thing to do is get my mandolin or acoustic guitar and sit in the corner with one light bulb hanging down in the dark and sing about sick people or dead people.
In this feature article, Marty Stuart discusess his reasons behind the making of the fantastic Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions). It's just the lastest in his series of albums that pay homage to the roots of American-made art forms, this time traditional country music.
Come Dec. 14, American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox will release her debut album Farmer’s Daughter, but does it stand a chance? Reality Rocks’ Lyndsey Parker says YES — if her label markets her as a country artist. Listen to some live performances at No Depression. John Rich‘s latest lawsuit claims that former Nashville Star contestant [...]