Scout Niblett

Music | HIGH NOTES Sep 10, 2003

Scout Niblett

by Suzannah Tartan

Scout Niblett deserves to be a star just on the strength of her name. Born Emma Niblett, she adopted "Scout" as a performing moniker because of an obsession with the leading character in the Southern saga "To Kill a Mockingbird." The South turns up ...

Roscoe Holcomb: "An Untamed Sense of Control"

Music | HIGH NOTES Sep 10, 2003

Roscoe Holcomb: "An Untamed Sense of Control"

by Michael Pronko

Among instruments, the banjo is one of the few considered truly an American original. Roscoe Holcomb's voice could be considered another. A just-released collection, "An Untamed Sense of Control," shows just how original he was. Holcomb's taut banjo playing and piercing vocals encapsulate the best ...