Wayne Bledsoe

• Grammy-nominated Karrin Allyson likes a good mix in her music Published 02/05/2010 at 4:56 p.m.

  Karrin Allyson's journey to jazz was not a direct flight. The singer, who has earned Grammy nominations in the jazz category, grew up listening to her mother play classical piano, and she was influenced by her minister father's love of ...

• Bledsoe: Jag Star shimmers, Steve Brown shines Published 02/05/2010 at 4:48 p.m.

  Wayne Bledsoe reviews local CD releases "Static Bliss" by Jag Star and "Within" by Steve Brown.

• Bledsoe: Patty Griffin goes to church Published 01/31/2010 at midnight

  Singer-songwriter Patty Griffin has always had a streak of gospel running through her music. Her best songs have an ache and a longing that you can feel deep in your soul. Griffin has some-times spoken of her love of gospel, ...

• Bledsoe: Mountain Folk backtracks to local success Published 01/22/2010 at 6:20 p.m.

  Walker Johnson would like to know why his group, Mountain Folk Reunion, seems to have a corner on the local market of the urban folk movement. Yes, the trend peaked from 1958-1962 when the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and ...

• Bledsoe: Three music greats shine in vintage show Published 01/17/2010 at midnight

  On Oct. 16, 1970, Phil Ochs, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell performed a concert in Vancouver, British Columbia, to raise money for the fledgling environmental activist group Greenpeace. In the ensuing 39 years, the organization has become a major and ...

• Bledsoe: The ones that got away in 2009 Updated 01/11/2010 at 11:45 a.m.

  At the end of every year I realize just how many local albums I wanted to get reviewed before the year ended.

• Bledsoe: The best CDs of 2009 were an eclectic lot Published 12/20/2009 at midnight

  Every year about this time I, like every other music critic in the country, have the torturous task of picking my favorite discs of the year. Each year I find fewer big national releases to celebrate and more and more ...

• Bledsoe: Forget downloads; Christmas needs boxes Published 12/13/2009 at midnight

  Considering that the world seems to be going to digital downloads for music, you'd think that CD boxed sets would be on the wane. However, this year there's still plenty for music fanatics to hope for for Christmas. And, looking ...

• Bledsoe: Christmas CDs bless us, or curse us, every one Updated 12/04/2009 at 5:59 p.m.

  It starts in about August. My desk begins to fill up with Christmas and sometimes Hanukkah CDs. Three months later, I have a marathon to go through them and feel like the Grinch by the time I'm done. I didn't ...

• Bledsoe: Kindling Stone looks to the past for modern inspiration Published 12/02/2009 at 5:46 p.m.

  When Chris Moore and Mark Wingate formed the band Kindling Stone, the two tapped back into Shaker hymns, shape-note gospel and other vintage spiritual music for inspiration. “The old music seemed to tap into questions that we seem to miss ...

• Bonnaroo teases fans with lineup Published 02/10/2010 at midnight

  The announcement of the artists appearing at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., was like a wild scavenger hunt on Tuesday.

• Bonnaroo: The final list was a long time coming Published 02/09/2010 at 9:09 p.m.

  The announcement of the artists appearing at the 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., was like a wild scavanger hunt on Tuesday. Festival organizers titillated fans from morning until 9 p.m. as acts announced their participation to ...

• Al Green to headline Tennessee Theatre fundraiser May 23 Published 02/05/2010 at midnight

  Soul legend Al Green will be the performer for the "Stars on Stage" Tennessee Theatre fundraising event.

• Bledsoe: Alasdair Fraser looks for something higher when he bows the strings Published 02/04/2010 at 1:54 p.m.

  Sometimes playing music is more than just performing a song. Fiddler knows that well. When Fraser and his musical partner, cellist Natalie Haas, play music together they shoot for something more than just a performance.

• Bledsoe: Slow-build act Mountains aspires to greater things Published 02/04/2010 at 12:04 p.m.

  Mountains are built slowly. The land masses above tectonic plates slowly crush together, rising up over the course of millions of years. The musical duo named Mountains take a little less time create music, but it does build gradually and ...

• 'Tennessee Shines,' DoubleJay Creative win regional Emmy Published 02/03/2010 at 4:57 p.m.

  Knoxville's DoubleJay Creative was awarded a Midsouth Regional Emmy for WDVX's "Tennessee Shines" TV broadcasts.

• Rockwood teen who bleeds from eyes to be featured on 'Maury' Published 01/29/2010 at 9:36 p.m.

  At first it seems like a scene from the TV series "True Blood" or some strange urban legend. But it's all too real when blood begins streaming from Calvino Inman's eyes.

• R.B. Morris does battle in several artistic fields Published 01/28/2010 at 2:48 p.m.

  It's just after midnight on Sunday morning and singer-songwriter RB Morris looks a little groggy. Set to perform on the WDVX "All Over the Road" radio show, Morris was up until 5:30 a.m. on Saturday working on an essay he'd ...

• Kris Kristofferson followed his heart to Nashville Published 01/28/2010 at 2:45 p.m.

  Kris Kristofferson has written classics. "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "For the Good Times," "Me and Bobby McGee," "Why Me" and "Sunday Morning Coming Down" are some of the most beloved songs in modern music. But he wouldn't ...

• Angel Zuniga Martinez and Kevin Hyfantis unite for new CDs and business Published 01/28/2010 at 2:40 p.m.

  Plenty of musicians throw in their lot together and form bands. Bands merge and change. However, Angel Zuniga Martinez, formerly of Angel and the Love Mongers, and Kevin Hyfantis and the Bishop's Band have a rare formula. While Hyfantis and ...

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