Memories of the night of Oct. 29, 2016, at Atlanta’s Lakewood Amphitheatre will forever be etched in the mind of guitarist and songwriter Tommy Talton. It was the last time Talton spoke to and played with Gregg Allman, joining him […]
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The final playlist is something that folks keep close to the heart. A thread through social media that became a topic on NPR hit home with this writer about songs to be played at their funeral. I must confess that […]
Some of the musicians, songwriters, engineers, managers, agents, broadcasters, journalists, industry executives, and studio and club owners who passed away in 2017. January Stuart Hamilton, Canadian pianist, broadcaster (CBC) and vocal coach Memo Morales, Venezuelan singer Auriel Andrew, Australian country […]
While I’ve often struggled to find the enduring value of year-end lists of music, I’ve now come to think of such lists as thank-you notes to the artists whose music and lyrics have brightened my days, lifted me out of […]
One of the more morbid secrets of publishing — and likely of the record industry, too — regards dead authors. Frankly, dead authors sell books, depending, of course, on their literary stature and the quality and prolific output during their […]
Winter Depression? from Shaperideshoot on Vimeo. THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2017: A VIDEO COUNTDOWN from David Ehrlich on Vimeo. TEst TEST.
This week ND’s photographers again get to shine. This time they select their outstanding albums of the year. As with last week’s picks of the year’s best performances, diversity rules as no two selected the same album. From legends to […]
Gregg Allman performing at Bluesfest Byron Bay, Easter 2014.
Breathing the crispness of morning air in September is the perfect pregame ritual before hitting the highway to Nashville for the annual Americanafest. After missing the ultimate party thrown by the Americana Music Association last year for just the second time in […]
It’s a traveling time of year, at least for those of us in the Americana world. Several ND staffers, contributors, and friends have been at AmericanaFest this week, and some of us are heading to Massachusetts this weekend for our FreshGrass festival – […]
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