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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It looked like a tech meltdown. They had to hide the standings bc it wouldn't refresh. Then they wrap the Fast 6 with no display at all of the grid positions. @foxsportslv.bsky.social, not good!

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This is the kind of PR that keeps Lee Greenwood's lifelong "God Bless the USA" schtick going. These MFers pitched us that infernal song days after 9/11. Now they're selling "gold" and "platinum" bibles like they're airline mileage tiers. I replied - called them blasphemous money grubbers.

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I got to interview Mickey Raphael for The String - and this time it's on video! He got one of the greatest jobs in the world (playing harmonica for Willie Nelson) by being good and showing up. www.wmot.org/show/the-str...

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Mickey Raphael, Harmonica Man To The Stars, On The String

It was 50 years ago this month that a 23-year-old Mickey Raphael felt his way through his first recording session with his relatively new band boss Willie Nelson. And it was no small thing, producing ...

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

There's nothing wrong with muzak-style background sound for low-attention time. It's age old. The problem here is Spotify misleading its users and cynically diluting playlists with works-for-hire - and hoping nobody notices. Also, calling it jazz or classical is a crime. harpers.org/archive/2025...

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The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly

Spotify’s plot against musicians

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Do Bluesky people do the Threads thing where they yell their favorite subjects and people goals at the algorithm in hopes of fulfillment?

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

We're working up a holiday special edition of The Old Fashioned for WMOT and Amy Alvey came across this performance by Jacob's Ladder. I haven't had such a profound reaction to a seasonal song in ages. Beautiful direction and photography too. Wow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t89y...

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Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan (Offical Music Video)

YouTube video by Jacob's Ladder

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

They've remixed and remastered Snarky Puppy's breakthrough album We Like It Here, and the streaming version sounds just amazing. "Lingus" remains a staggering work and performance. The vinyl edition $$$. But this might be a good one for a FLAC purchase. store.snarkypuppy.com/products/we-...

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We Like It Here (Remixed + Remastered + Reimagined) [FLAC]

From the moment Snarky Puppy played its first overseas show to a sold-out London crowd, they felt at home in Europe. Recorded and filmed live with a studio audience over 4 nights in the Netherlands, '...

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan (Offical Music Video)

YouTube video by Jacob's Ladder

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Allison de Groot AND Tray Wellington have been named as this year's winners of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. It's a substantial $25k grant to each, and I think the first time with two winners in a year. Great leadership in roots music philanthropy. We need more.

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A world master has passed. I got to hear Zakir Hussain a couple of times and even interview him once with Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer. We tend to listen to rhythm quite superficially in the USA. Indian rhythm is like quantum mechanics. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/a...

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Zakir Hussain, Tabla Virtuoso Who Forged Global Fusions, Dies at 73

His collaborators included John McLaughlin, Béla Fleck, Ravi Shankar, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Grateful Dead.

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

#Nashville Gold on a rainy Monday evening. First, Mr. Sun at Analog, playing their arrangement of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's swinging jazz remake of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Then off to East for Jack Silverman's sonic #jazz adventures in the parlor at Urban Cowboy. This town man...

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I did eat Dicey's this weekend and could eat it about every day.

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This important album just went up for pre-order. TK in March. Some friends mine are involved, and the project is of, by, and for the people of western NC, my spiritual home. I visited Marshall in Nov and... resonancesessions.bandcamp.com/album/the-re...

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The Resonance Sessions, by The Resonance Sessions

35 track album

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Famous last words, posted on Threads.

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Craig Havighurst @chavighurst.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Hi there. New account. Gotta start somewhere, so here's a stab. Every year I write about 30 Essential and Outstanding Americana albums for my radio station WMOT in Nashville. It'll tell you a lot about where I'm coming from. Looking forward to new connections here. www.wmot.org/roots-radio-...

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2024's Thirty Essential And Outstanding Americana Albums

Who are these people who say that there’s no great music being released anymore - you know, not like when they were young? Maybe they’re just online trolls, but in any event, they couldn’t be more out...

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