Decade of Difference: Burt Bacharach

Songwriter Burt Bacharach incorporates elements of cool jazz, soul, Brazilian bossa nova, and traditional pop to create breezy yet sophisticated pop songs that dominated the charts in the 60s and 70s. Along with his songwriting [...]

Decade of Difference: The Bamboos

Initially formed to play a series of dates at a Melbourne bar in 2000, Australia’s Bamboos have continually modified their sound from New Orleans and old school funk instrumentals to todays’ multi vocalist sound that [...]

Decade of Difference: U2

Happy Birthday Bono! The U2 band leader turns 61 today. The band started in Dublin in 1976 and although it is most often recognized as a post punk era band, they started before the punk [...]

Decade of Difference: The Flaming Lips

The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City in 1983, recording a series of EPs and LPs for an independent record company. After a few lineup changes the band landed a contract with a major label, [...]

Decade of Difference: Todd Snider

Todd Snider spent his childhood in Portland and when his family moved to Houston, Snider ran away from home to return there. After high school he drifted through Santa Rosa and Austin before settling in [...]

Listen Here: Lime Kiln 2021 Season Preview

Preview the Lime Kiln 2021 Concert Series line up and hear artists like the Steep Canyon Rangers, Seldom Scene, and Sara Watkins talk about returning to the venue, plus Lime Kiln Director Spencer McElroy [...]

Hear Together: VA Center for Inclusive Communities

Founded in 1935, the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities sought to address a rise in antisemitism, anti-Catholicism, and racism. Over the past eight-and-a-half decades, they've worked with schools, businesses and communities throughout the state to [...]

Decade of Difference: Adele

No singer of the 2010s could match Adele in terms of music sales or stardom. Her career started in 2006 with a demo that secured a contract for the then eighteen year old. She began [...]

Decade of Difference: Marty Stuart

There may be no greater contemporary champion of classic country music than Marty Stuart. Growing up, he was obsessed with country music and began playing mandolin as a child. The five time Grammy winner was [...]

Decade of Difference: James Brown

When an artist earns the nickname “Mr. Dynamite” it says that you can expect a riveting performer who can take control on stage. When the same artist is also called “Soul Brother Number One”, “ [...]

Decade of Difference: Asleep at the Wheel

Today’s best known band playing Western swing comes from an unlikely source - West Virginia. Since 1969 Asleep at the Wheel has both preserved and advanced this nearly forgotten subgenre of country music through their [...]