Walter Tunis

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Walter Tunis

One of the first songs to materialize during sessions for Brent Cobb’s new album appeared not so much as a melody or even a lyric. It surfaced as a riff — a quick, simple, ear catching guitar hook bolstered by rhythm, yet open enough to be expanded upon.

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Walter Tunis

As the Southland Drive concert series known as Tahlsound winds down every summer, Seth Murphy take a serious look at surveys submitted by audience members. Of particular interest: A question requesting an unimposing but vital bit of demographic information. Where are you from? “At the end of the season, we find out about half of our audience just walks from their homes to the event,” said the Tahlsound director/founder. “They may bring a wagon with a cooler, maybe three toddlers and maybe a dog.

3 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Walter Tunis

It’s not like we’re trying steal any of Louisville’s pageantry during Kentucky Derby week or anything. Honest. In the days leading up to the two minutes every first Saturday of May, when incalculable ears and eyes shift to the city, Louisville traditionally offers a wealth of live concert entertainment. That will be the order of business again this year, with a schedule highlighted by a five-night residency featuring hometown heroes My Morning Jacket at the Louisville Palace.

3 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Walter Tunis

For the past few years, just ahead of Kentucky Derby time, visitors arriving into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would be greeted by live bluegrass, a defining sound of the region served up as a cultural greeting. As passengers departed planes and entered the concourse, string music would become their first encounter with the city they were now part of.

1 month ago | kentucky.com | Walter Tunis

In case you need a reminder regarding the sustainability and devotion of Tyler Childers’ popularity in his home state, click on the Ticketmaster web page handling sales for the Lawrence County native’s concert this weekend at Kroger Field. The venue, needless to say, is no honky tonk. Attendance for sold-out football games there average about 61,000. The stage artillery and construction for Saturday’s performance will likely knock that figure to the neighborhood of 50,000.