Last week the Americana Music Association revealed the first round of showcases for this year’s AmericanaFest in Nashville, Sept. 22-25. The announcement confirmed 164 artists of the 240 who are slated to have showcases during that four-day period. That […]
For the second week in a row this column features a music festival, Red Wing Roots Music Festival. I’ve always wanted to visit this one, if only for the setting. It and FloydFest, which I have attended, have to be […]
The June 8 edition of this column listed 30 festivals coming our way this year. ND photographer Peter Dervin attended two of those festivals, Jackalope and Waterfront Blues Festival “Upriver,” both in Oregon, and this week he reports on the […]
During my first vacation in several years last week I listened to a slew of upcoming albums when I wasn’t listening to the spirit-renewing sounds of the wind and waters of the Atlantic Ocean and children screaming with delight as […]
As we are on the verge of returning to a semblance of normalcy and music venues are tip-toeing into the light of new performances, this week the column features photos and brief stories by eight ND photographers and myself on […]
Last year this column featured California-based nonprofit Bluegrass Pride celebrating Pride Month with a virtual weekend festival, Porch Pride: A Bluegrass Pride Queer-antine Festival. It raised over $22,000 and enabled each participating musician to be paid $825 for their […]
Last year was a wash for music festivals everywhere, but with the floodgates opening we’ll soon be able to see the familiar folks we clamor for and make those new, memorable discoveries once again. Beginning this weekend and concluding in […]
I’d lately been thinking about Marcel Proust when I happened upon an article on him in a recent issue of The New Yorker and read this portion from one of his letters: “The essential purpose of music is to awaken […]
The Americana Honors & Awards nomination process must have been especially difficult this year, as the Americana Music Association’s 3,000 members (of which I am one) had to consider projects released during the usual eligibility period — April 1 through […]
I can count on one hand the number of rock albums that are foundational cornerstones of what is called Americana today. Déjà Vu is one of them, and it was re-released last Friday as part of two well-crafted box sets […]
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