Jedd Ferris

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Songs and stories

John McCutcheon talks of living in C’ville and prepping for album number 45

Protest songs

Regional music scene unites against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Following a Southern Star

Brent Cobb returns to Georgia on new album

Song explorer

Josh Ritter searches for connection on new album

Bringing banjo back

Bill Evans leads an all-star bluegrass band

Playing through it

There were moments, Derek Trucks admits, that he wondered how Tedeschi Trucks Band—the electrifying 12-piece Southern...

The way it is now

It’s hard to follow all of the creative turns in Bruce Hornsby’s lengthy career. The smooth-voiced innovator hit it...

Blackberry Smoke expands musically on new album

Bands rarely come as well-rounded as Blackberry Smoke. For fans of open-minded Southern rock, the five-piece outfit...

Cry Cry Cry embarks on a brief reunion tour

Cry Cry Cry is back together, but not for long. A collaboration between established folk singers Dar Williams,...

A quick chat with Phil Lesh

At 77, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is mostly done touring, but that doesn’t mean he’s done playing music. Besides...