Singer/songwriter Rodney Crowell has been a celebrated figure in country and Americana music for a half century. The list of his honors includes nominations and wins at the Grammys, the Americana Music Awards, the Country Music Association Awards and ASCAP. For his songwriting, he was inducted in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and received […]
David Kerns
David Kerns is a Napa-based novelist and music journalist.
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Foo Fighters, Lorde, Backstreet Boys to headline BottleRock ‘26
Latitude 38 Entertainment will present the 13th edition of BottleRock Napa Valley on May 22-24. Long-time BottleRock talent buyer and Director of Artist Experience, Tom Hoppa, talked last week about a sample of the artists who will be performing at this year’s festival and about the process of acquiring talent for BottleRock and rock festivals […]
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Grammy-winning Okee Dokee Brothers: fun folk music for the whole family in Yountville on Oct. 19
Bonded in music and a love of the outdoors, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing have been close friends since early childhood in Colorado. Now, based in Minnesota, they are a unique and prolific musical duo with a track record of award-winning albums and well-attended nationwide performances spanning the past 13 years. Their audience is families […]
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Country Music Icon Returns to the Uptown: A Conversation with Marty Stuart
Marty Stuart is country music royalty. An NPR story described him as “the very image of country music.” In his PBS documentary series on the genre, Ken Burns said, “If country music had a president, it would be Marty Stuart.” A literal musical wunderkind, Stuart was a member of Lester Flatt’s band starting at age 14, […]