This year has been a stellar year not just for roots music, but also for performance photography. After reviewing other publications, I say, without hesitation, that you will not find a wider, deeper, or more invigorating collection of photographs of […]
Link Wray, Charley Patton, Howlin’ Wolf, Monk Boudreaux Shine Among the Many Native American Creators of Blues, Jazz and Rock Celebrated in Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World rumblethemovie.com This brightly-edited, fast-paced yet thoughtful new documentary […]
It’s about time I again feature the finest recent work of ND’s crack photographers. However, this time I’m trying something just a bit different. I lead with the Bonnaroo photos of Chris Griffy, who also filed daily reports (4) and […]
TWO-TIME GRAMMY WINNER, BLUES HALL OF FAMER & AMERICANA MUSIC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNER TAJ MAHAL’S STRIPPED DOWN ALBUM LABOR OF LOVE OUT DECEMBER 16 ON ACOUSTIC SOUNDS FIRST RELEASE IN FOUR YEARS SET FOR LP, FEATURES SOLO FAVORITES FROM 1998 PLUS COLLABORATIONS WITH […]
A friend of mine thought he was Norwegian for the longest time. His family had a rough sketch of a tree, a list tracing modern branches back to their Viking roots in Scandinavia. After a trip to a few archives […]
A stripped-down Taj Mahal is an oxymoron. The gravel-throated songster has made a career of sticking to the basics, embellishing his rootsy proclamations with minimal accoutremonts: a bit of brass backing here and there, some funky piano scattered throughout, and plenty […]
Taj Mahal at Wildwood Springs in Steelville, Missouri (September 23, 2013)
Taj Mahal performs at Bluesfest Byron Bay, NSW Australia
A is for “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a jazz classic partly written by a Madagascan royal; G is for “Greenville,” a Lucinda Williams country putdown redolent of 20th-century Russian Acmeist poetry. Veteran music producer and author Joe Boyd is nothing if not eclectic in “Joe […]
In two weeks, a patch of pastureland near a small Montana town will be transformed into one of the premier music festivals in Big Sky Country, as the Red Ants Pants Music Festival kicks off in White Sulphur Springs. This […]
