It’s been a year since this column first explored the benefits of vinyl records and noted some analog resources. During the intervening year we’ve seen such an explosion in LP sales that for the first time in 30 years vinyl […]
0
It’s been a while since this column featured the story and photographs of one of our contributing photographers, but my New Year’s resolution is to do that more frequently in 2021. Just as a photograph tells a story, every photographer […]
Mountain Stage, public radio’s longest-running live roots music radio show, is aired on over 240 NPR stations, and streamed or downloaded via the NPR Music website as well as its own. It has survived many adversities over its 37 years, […]
Record labels matter, especially the independent ones. Independent labels invariably have a vision, a philosophy, you could even call it a personality. Think of the classic labels such as Chess, Blue Note, Vanguard, and Elektra, and consider where would we […]
On the morning of Jan. 20 I put on Nina Simone’s version of “Feeling Good” and sang along: “It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new life for me and I’m feeling good.” That’s also how I […]
As COVID-19 put a stranglehold on live performances last year, I stuck pretty much at home and listened even more to recorded music. It’s always been a focal point, but this year was a constant reminder of its significant role. […]
As hard as this past year was, it is with a heavy heart that the first Through the Lens column for 2021, a year that signals a new hope for us all, is one that remembers some of the significant […]
With COVID-19 wrecking the live music scene this year, recorded music became an even larger presence in our lives, providing solace to many during our respective solitudes. This week, 13 ND photographers select the cream of roots music albums that […]
When I first sat down to select this year’s outstanding photos, I thought it would be a relatively easy task as the opportunities to photograph shows dwindled down to near nothing pretty early into 2020. But, as Patsy Cline sang, […]
While the performance season ended early this year, ND photographers managed to get in a good number of shows nonetheless. There’s something for everyone as many branches of roots music are represented in this week’s column from a wide variety […]
SUBSCRIBE NOW
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST
SUBSCRIBE NOW
