When reviewing the photos ND’s photographers had recently taken, two highlights quickly stood out: Peter Dervin shot all four nights of Los Lobos’ residency at the Triple Door in Seattle, and both C. Elliott and Jim Brock caught Béla […]
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With 2021 under our belts, and all those best-of-the-year lists in the rearview mirror, it’s time to turn our attention to what the new year holds. Below are initial impressions of four new releases that I’m enamored with. Hopefully, […]
While radio and live performance show Mountain Stage has gone through quite a few changes over the years, 2021 brought substantial ones. After 38 years and more than 900 episodes, co-founder and host Larry Groce handed over full-time hosting […]
With the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its variants as a backdrop, how could there be good news in 2021? The good news is the year was an outstanding one for roots music releases. So many that one article, let […]
This week 10 ND photographers, from Scotland, the US, and Australia, select the cream of the roots music crop released this year. Nearly all the artists picked as favorites are familiar names, especially to readers of this column, but […]
The age-old question among photographers and our audiences is what makes a good photograph? And to a lesser degree, with so many cell phones out there, why should we care? What Makes a Good Photo? What makes a photograph […]
While the performance season opened a bit late this year and was somewhat light in volume, ND photographers still managed to get in a good number of shows. There’s something for everyone in this week’s column as many branches of […]
As I was finishing last week’s column on overlooked albums, I became aware of some releases, just out or about to be released, that I found intriguing. As the December Through the Lens columns will be devoted to various […]
It’s that time of the year when folks begin talking about the best albums of the year. It’s also a time to look at albums I think did not get the attention they were due, albums that were not […]
This week we continue our “photos of the week” theme. While last week’s column looked at women artists leading the way in roots music, this week we feature a sampling — just a sampling — of legends in the genre […]
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