Trail Mix: On The Road With Mipso + Ticket Giveaway!
What is a mipso? The last time I chatted with the band, they were less than forthcoming on what the band's moniker actually means. But I can ...
Dave Stallard
Trail Mix: Amy McCarley
On the morning of April 14th, 1981, my third grade classmates and I packed on to buses and headed to the dry lake bed that was home to the flight line at Edwar...
Trail Mix – February 2019
Trail Mix smacks that polar vortex right in the kisser with brand new tunes from Ryan Bingham, Darlingside, Dale Watson, Liz Brasher, Galactic, The Way Down Wanderers, and many more! ...
Trail Mix: The Dustbowl Revival at January Jams + Ticket Giveaway!
One might think that The State Theater of Virginia would be in one of the metropolitan hubs on the eastern side of the state. Nope. Instead, one would have to ...
Trail Mix: Maya De Vitry – Song Premiere
Acoustic trio The Stray Birds have long been a favorite of mine. I first heard of the band on my one visit to IBMA, in 2013, and the band turned up on Trail Mi...
Trail Mix – Andrew Alli
I first learned of Andrew Alli's music late last summer. Andrew and his musical compadre, Josh Small, were a part of a contingent of musicians from Virginia wh...
Trail Mix – January 2019
The Trail Mix resolution for 2019 is pretty simple; great music, every month, for the next twelve months. Trail Mix is diving into the the new year with Old ...
Trail Mix – Wilderado
The last blog post of 2018 features Max Rainer, of Wilderado, who chats up the band's new EP....
Trail Mix – Meadow Mountain
Bluegrass upstarts Meadow Mountain swings by the Trail Mix blog to chat up their new record....
Trail Mix – The Infamous Stringdusters
Though The Infamous Stringdusters formed over a decade ago on the East Coast, I believe the heart of the band beats in the mountains of Colorado. Three Duste...
Trail Mix – December 2018
Brand new tracks from Donna The Buffalo, J.D. McPherson, Ryley Walker, Jamie Lin Wilson, The Infamous Stringdusters, and many more on 2018's final edition of Trail Mix....
Trail Mix – The Brother Brothers
My Best Albums of 2018 list begins and ends right here. Boy, howdy. Some People I Know, from The Brother Brothers - David and Adam Moss - is a stunner. It no...
Trail Mix – Martha Spencer
Southwest Virginia's Martha Spencer sets off on her own with the release of her debut solo record....
Trail Mix – Arts Fishing Club
Nashville songwriter Chris Kessenich, of Arts Fishing Club, swings by to chat about his band's new record and fishing with his grandfathers....
Trail Mix – November 2018
Brand new tunes from Greta Van Fleet, Tellico, Belle Plain, The Brother Brothers, William Elliott Whitmore and many more on this month's edition of Trail Mix....