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Loyal reader Stacy says I’ve inspired her to start a new blog, Asheville Roots Music Review. That’s pretty cool. Here’s what Stacy says she’ll be blogging:

Thanks for stopping by. I follow a lot of blogs, tweets, facebook notes, etc, and I have a lot of opinions, thoughts, revelations, ideas, praise and complaints about music, the music scene in Asheville, and the industry as a whole. So it dawned on me recently…. write a blog. I looked around on-line to see who was already blogging about the vibrant music scene in Asheville… lo and behold… nothing. Ashvegas puts things up occasionally…. and there are a few others. But I couldn’t find anyone dedicating internet space to Asheville’s music scene. So here it is.

Although my iPod playlists are eclectic and varied– I’ll tell you my biases right off the bat. I like acoustic music. Particularly female vocals. Some of my favorite artists are Gillian Welch, Martha Scanlon, and Allison Krauss (the old stuff.) But I also love Great Lake Swimmers (the first album), Justin Townes Earle, Madison Violet, and M.Ward. Lyrics make or break songs for me. I don’t care how great the instrumental solos are, if the lyrics are cheesy or trite… I’m not interested. I love old country. Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Gram Parsons. Pop country radio today makes me physically nauseous. I honestly feel like it has made our country dumber. I am wary of the label, “singer/songwriter.” I do not particularly care for accordion or flute. I feel very strongly about supporting live music, and live music venues. I think it’s lame when you call your friend who’s in a band and ask them to put you on the guest list because you don’t want to fork over 5 bucks.

These are some of my biases and leanings, we all have them. Regardless, I try to approach new music and live shows with an open mind. I’ll tell you what I like, and I hope you’ll tell me what you think. Let me know who’s playing, who just put out a great album, what’s the future of Roots music?

There you have it. Give Asheville Roots Music Review a look, a click and some bloggy love. Good luck, Stacy!