Now that the holidays have come and gone, there’s a good chance you are thinking about what to purchase with those shiny new gift cards. Here are some of the best pop culture releases of the year, all of which […]
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This was a banner year for new releases, as the Americana pool was flooded with wonderful releases that really had us diving in. There were a steady amount of eclectic and intense releases that caught the attention of listeners; driving […]
Years ago at a music conference in Memphis, I met Nancy Apple and asked her about Al Green’s church in town. She kindly brought me there that Sunday on my way to the airport. Seeing the legendary singer on the […]
At about ten after ten on Christmas Eve, I was sitting on the couch across from my oldest son, each of us engrossed in our own digital universes. Mindlessly killing time by scrolling through Facebook on my phone, an image […]
In 1983, eminent bluegrass historian Neil V. Rosenberg wrote a piece in the scholarly journal American Music, published by the University of Illinois Press, about bluegrass stereotypes found in popular media of the time. He wrote about three offerings found […]
It was a slow week for news what with Christmas and the start of Hanukkah, unless you count celebrity deaths, in which case it was … sigh … busy. We’re fresh into mourning for Carrie Fisher and George Michael this […]
Brian Setzer brought his swinging big band jazz orchestra to the Paramount Theatre in Seattle the night after Christmas for some holiday cheer. Setzer, who was one of the founding members of The Stray Cats, the legendary rockabilly band that […]
We’ve heard from the ND readers, the ND staff, and yours truly on what we feel are the outstanding albums of the year. Now, we hear from from the ND photographers on what they found exciting or rewarding or just plain liked […]
Some of the musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers, managers, agents, broadcasters, journalists, industry executives, and studio and club owners who passed away in 2016. Please contribute any missing entries in the […]
“Ladies and gentlemen. Would you please give a warm welcome…. to Fleetwood Mac.” It was a line repeated nightly to introduce the world’s biggest band. It was more of a declaratory set of words than a question. There was a […]
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