Craig Havighurst
Music News ProducerCraig Havighurst is WMOT's music news producer and host of The String, a show featuring conversations on culture, media and American music. New episodes of The String air on WMOT 89.5 in Middle Tennessee on Mondays at 8 pm, repeating Sundays at 7 am.
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Craig sits down with his Music City Roots colleague and one of his heroes for a wide-ranging conversation that touches on the 30th anniversary of his debut album Planet of Love, his long-running songwriting relationship with the late lyricist Robert Hunter and his new album Hope. -
Come September, the entire system is going to get stress tested for fun and trouble with the renewal of roots music’s biggest festivals.
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Analysis: How Allison Russell's festival closing set at Newport told the story of the rise of black women in modern roots music.
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On his newest project, mostly produced during 2020’s still life off the road, Parker Millsap turns more inward for subject matter but reaches out sonically.
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The International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass convention and its highlight IBMA Awards will return to Raleigh this Fall after a year…
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East Tennessee songwriter Amythyst Kiah owned Nashville this week, celebrating her Rounder Records debut Wary + Strange with performances on Lightning…
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When Tony Joe White died in 2018 at the age of 75, he and we were cheated out of a good deal more life and music from the understated American roots hero.…
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Her speaking voice is like a low, purring viola, rich with overtones and rosin, made even more magnetic by a relaxed Southern drawl, picked up one…
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The Wood Brothers lead vocalist and guitar player had time to make a solo album during 2020, so he invited friends over to his Nashville studio and did just that.
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The late John Hartford is probably the most influential figure on the contemporary bluegrass and string band scene. The fiddler, songwriter and…
