Second Cup Cafe: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Nov 22, 2009
Their multi-platinum album, "Will the Circle be Unbroken," a three-LP set that featured country greats Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Merle Travis, Roy Acuff, and Mother Maybelle Carter, was brought back to life nearly 30 years after its original release. It had such an impact that it became one of 50 recordings to be honored and preserved by the Library of Congress. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Neko Case on evolutionary path to destinations unknown Nov 5, 2009
"Case's music never seems to arrive either. Her early musical years were filled with punk styles with bands like the Propanes, which led into country then surged into power pop with The New Pornographers, a Canadian indie rock group. Her influences are unfixed in time and place as well. She invokes the legacies of Maybelle Carter and Nancy Wilson, sings covers of songs by Queen, Harry Nillson and Loretta Lynn. Her 1997 album with Her Boyfriends, "The Virginian," was decidedly country and her new... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Nashville's Gruhn Guitars Sep 15, 2009
com s visit Gruhn displayed a guitar of Mother Maybelle Carter s with a $575,000 price tag, and a $1. 25 million mandolin once owned by Bill Monroe. (Suite101.com)
An Appalachian adventure requiring . . . an autoharp? May 31, 2009
I grew up around bluegrass musicians in southern Illinois, but I never heard the instrument until I stumbled on some YouTube clips of Mother Maybelle Carter, of the fabled Carter Family, playing old-time standards like "Wildwood Flower." I fell in love with the sound, but also with the prospect of playing an instrument most of my peers can't even visualize. Everyone else wants to know the same thing about my Folk School experience: Was it all old people. (Boston Globe)
Anita Carter, 'Songbird' May 18, 2009
Her mother, Maybelle Carter, and sister June were more acclaimed, which probably explains why Anita is now such an unsung artist in the ranks of classic country vocalists. She wasn't sassy like Loretta Lynn or melodramatic like Tammy Wynette. (Boston Globe)
Flower power May 8, 2009
"Wildwood Flower: The Songs of the Carter Family" pays tribute to the pioneering country music family, especially Mother Maybelle Carter, who will be celebrated on the 100th anniversary of her birth. So it's not just Mother's Day, but also Mother Maybelle Day. (Albany Times Union)
