Swamp Dogg ventured into bluegrass on his new album — “Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St” — because at the age of 81,”I’m gonna really go where I feel,” he says. So, Williams says, “I’m gonna really go where I feel.” “Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St,” Williams’ 26th studio album as Swamp Dogg, continues a renaissance that …
Every time Sturgill Simpson releases a new album, he confounds his listeners. He has taken 20 songs from his back catalogue—from albums such as Metamodern Sounds In Country Music and A Sailor’s Guide—and re-imagined them in classic bluegrass style. Bluegrass, a kind of traditional American roots music with English, Scottish and Irish roots, was a genre that Simpson’s grandfather dabbled …
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