Singer-songwriter Buddy Miller leads all nominees for the eighth annual Americana Music Association awards. He got five nominations, including artist of the year and instrumentalist of the year. ...more

May 21, 2009

Whether one can sing in perfect pitch or perhaps even slides out of tune every now and then, members say there's a spot for everyone - getting along in perfect harmony, ...more

January 7, 2009

Not long after I started at the Tribune in 2002, I found myself interviewing a hearing-impaired banjo player. ...more

July 10, 2008

Akron/Family is a band and nothing more, Dana Janssen is quick to explain. 'Really, it's not any sort of religion,' Janssen says by telephone from his boyhood home in rural Pennsylvania. ...more

September 7, 2007