AOL

What does it mean to be a 'cowboy'? This festival shakes up the myth, one performance at a time

Johnny Reedy, left, and sister Brigid Reedy dance together during the "Midnight Dance" at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nev., on Feb. 4. In a high school gymnasium, three hours from ...
Naija Gist - Latest

At the Cowboy Poetry Gathering, tall tales, resonant rhymes

The atmosphere was not surprising — Elko, population about 18,000, sits in the northeastern corner of Nevada, an oasis in the Great Basin’s high-desert terrain and the center of the area’s ranching ...
The Durango Herald

High mountain music: Guitarist for Michael Martin Murphey performing at Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Carin Mari is bringing some high-country music – and perhaps even a yodel or two – to the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering this weekend. A gifted singer and guitar player from Buena Vista, this is her ...
Los Angeles Times

What does it mean to be a ‘cowboy’? This festival shakes up the myth, one performance at a time

ELKO, Nev. — In a high school gymnasium, three hours from Salt Lake and seven from Las Vegas, the throaty warble of a fiddle competed with the sound of cowboy boots squeaking on wood. Men ...