Roger McGuinn certainly didn’t rule The Byrds with an iron fist. Arthritic butterflies have had a firmer grip, and he let ...

From the jangle of Laurel Canyon to the grit of the Texas plains, here are the 21 definitive country-rock masterpieces ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - On Thursday night, a band that began as a fun excuse to play the music of singer-songwriter-guitarist Gram Parsons celebrates 16 years of monthly residencies and their eponymously ...

Byrds Of A Feather is a collective of local musicians paying tribute to Gene Clark and Gram Parsons. Our 15th annual show will focus on the year 1965, celebrating 60 years of the Byrds’ first 2 albums ...

Parsons is credited with pioneering the creation of country rock and alt-country, and was listed on Rolling Stone's 100 ...

A celebration of the architect of country rock and one of the leaders of women in Americana music. Featuring many beloved Bay Area Americana performers, including Jill Rogers & Myles Boisen from ...

The Byrds decided to radically switch things up with their music by producing Sweetheart Of The Rodeo in 1968. It’s a classic album, and it also changed the world of progressive country music forever.

Few of the guitars that belonged to country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons are around today. Much like the man himself — who died of a morphine-and-tequila overdose in 1973 at the age of 26 — his ...

Young Gram, whose name changed to Parsons when he was adopted by his stepfather at 12, showed an early interest in music, forming various high school combos. During college, his folk band the Shilos ...