The Abita Springs Opry isn’t just for Hank Williams fans anymore. Or for that matter, those of Bill Monroe or any of the other traditional bluegrass and folk artists whose devotees gave the down-home ...

Jerry Williams Jr. has a simple reason for deciding to record a bluegrass album: He doesn’t know how much more time he has left to do it. At 81 years old, the cult R&B singer, songwriter and producer, ...

F. Burton Smith Park in Cocoa provides an Old Florida backdrop for “Bluegrass in Brevard: Stompin’ in the Swamp,” the annual bluegrass extravaganza to raise funds for the Lawndale Historic Museum in ...

Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams is 81 years old and punctuates his conversations with time-worn wisdom, colorful four-letter words and a comprehensive, learned knowledge of nearly eight decades of the ...

Swamp Dogg has announced a new album called Blackgrass: From West Virginia To 125th Street, his follow-up to 2022’s I Need A Job…So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune. As you might surmise from the title, it’s ...

This is FRESH AIR. Jerry Williams Jr. began his career in the 1960s, writing songs and producing acts such as Patti LaBelle and Gene Pitney. In 1970, he released an explosive, wildly unique album ...

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