We were most fortunate to have two veteran photojournalists, Anthony Mulcahy and Jim Brock, in the photo pit for the phenomenal, unforgettable, high-water mark that was the 2022 Newport Folk Festival, the epitome of roots music festivals. As both […]
This week I thought I’d do something a bit different. Earlier this month, Peter Dervin covered two blues festivals (the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon, and the Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival in Winthrop, Washington), and Jim Gavenus […]
Los Angeles’ Palomino Club, opened in 1949 by western swing musician Hank Penny, was a showcase for a wide variety of roots music, from country to jazz to cow punk to alt-country. The Flying Burrito Brothers, Lucinda Williams, Dwight […]
When I submitted my list of best albums of the year (so far) for ND’s list, there were only a couple I felt strongly about. Had it been just a few weeks later, all three of the albums below, […]
This week’s column features two festivals, Jackalope Jamboree and Blue Ox Music Festival, that have taken their names from mythical creatures. The former was the brainchild (or, as some might say, a brain fart) of two Wyoming brothers who grafted […]
After being canceled first by COVID-19 in 2020 and then by flooding from Hurricane Ida in 2021, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, a four-day fest held on a farm in Manchester, Tennessee, returned this year for the first […]
When was the last time a song released 37 years ago topped the singles charts? Thanks to the TV series Stranger Things, Kate Bush and her song “Running Up That Hill,” from 1985’s Hounds of Love, have found a […]
Over 40 years ago, when I first lived in New York, I lived a short walk from CBGB. While it became famous as the purported birthplace of punk, the origin of the venue’s name represented three genres of roots […]
This year sees the final tours of Janis Ian, Elton John, and Robert Earl Keen, but soon to be octogenarian (on June 18) Paul McCartney is still going strong. On the current “Got Back” tour featuring nearly three-hour shows […]
Folk Alliance International (FAI) was founded in 1989 to connect folk musicians aiming to sustain both the community and the genre worldwide. Its annual conference, held this year in its hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, offers showcases, panels, workshops, […]
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