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Craig Havighurst

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Writer. Ed. Dir. @WMOT_RootsRadio. Host: The String and Old Fashioned. Journal/newsletter: stringtheories.substack.com. Stream to discover; buy what you love.
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The Old Fashioned #211

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By Craig Havighurst Verified
| WMOT-FM (Murfreesboro, TN) Verified
I love that the Sullivan Sisters chose this photo in front of the Chicago skyline as the cover of Carolina Bluebird, their debut EP of 2025, because it turns out we have a journey in common. We moved from North Carolina to Evanston, IL and got serious about bluegrass music there on the north shore of one of the greatest cities in the world. I moved for college at Northwestern. For their dad, it was to teach saxophone there. Nice.
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Quality ‘Time’ With Nashville’s Neo Soul Man Devon Gilfillian

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By Craig Havighurst Verified
| WMOT-FM (Murfreesboro, TN) Verified
“Who are your influences?” is such a hackneyed question in music journalism and radio interviews that it’s become something of a joke. And yet the topic is unavoidable, so we pros figure out sneaky ways to put the topic on the table without uttering those four words in order. Sitting down with Nashville singer and songwriter Devon Gilfillian, the subject bubbled up unrequested, got pretty deep, and was incredibly interesting.
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String Theories

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By Craig Havighurst Verified
| String Theories
It’s no surprise a journalist would say this, but I particularly value albums with a story. Better yet, three or four stories intertwined. Concept and place-based recordings elevate the art and the marketing prospects in a time when it’s hard to cut through the noise. Back in the 2010s, I ran a little documentary production company called String Theory Media, which specialized in capturing such events to help artists and labels produce bonus material for records.
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