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NPT Music Monthly September 2010: Tori Amos, Cachao López, The Carter Family and More

Published on August 31, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

Not since the great female songwriters and performers of the late 60s, had there been such an influx of influential women in rock as we saw in the early to mid-90s. To this day, if you check the influences of aspiring women singer-songwriters and artists, odds are one of these artists’ names will pop up. [...]

NPT Music Monthly July 2010: Merle Haggard, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and More

Published on July 1, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

It’s one thing for country artists to sing about being a rebel, raising cain, ramblin’ and gamblin’ and lovin’ and leavin,’ but few actually live it (at least not anymore). Merle Haggard, on the other hand, actually did. He hopped his first freight train at the age of 10, became a chronic truant and drinker [...]

NPT Music Monthly May 2010: The Doors, Drive-By Truckers, Memorial Day and More

Published on April 30, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

[youtube="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-qzSYsJ9k"] Someone told me in high school that there was one sure way to get into a bar fight. You could curse someone’s family member, or even their favorite sports team, but criticize their favorite band and get ready to brawl. Now, of course, that’s not true, as anyone who’s a fan of the Yankees [...]

NPT Music Monthly February 2010

Published on February 1, 2010 By Joe Pagetta

Nashville’s Music Row is at once a street of dreams, and a boulevard of broken ones. Every day people arrive in town full of dreams of music business success. Most leave, or remain, with those dreams unfulfilled. For some, the closest thing to achieving those dreams is to live vicariously through a successful friend or [...]

NPT Music Monthly September 2009

Published on August 28, 2009 By Joe Pagetta

For reasons both convoluted and fuzzy, I found myself in the East Village of Manhattan, in the area known as Alphabet City, on an early morning in July, 2003. I was there to find and take a photo of the tenement where former childhood actor Bobby Driscoll was found dead in 1968. Why I was [...]

NPT Music Monthly June 2009

Published on May 29, 2009 By Joe Pagetta

Updated June 24 to remove mention of Levon Helm: Ramble at the Ryman on June 25. How’s this for synergy? Legendary guitarist and producer Chet Atkins bestowed the title of Certified Guitar Player (C.G.P.) on only four individuals: Tommy Emmanuel, John Knowles, Jerry Reed and Steve Wariner. An Australian “Entertainer of the Year” and two-time [...]

The NPT Music Monthly September 2008

Published on September 2, 2008 By Joe Pagetta

The NPT Music Monthly for September ’08 has been sent to subscribers and is up on the wnpt.net news page (under latest news) now. It’s the complete listing of all the music programming coming to NPT this month, including The Nashville Symphony, Billy Joel, Carole King, The Who and plenty more. Subscribe for free at [...]