The work of ten ND photographers (identified below) are being featured this week. The artists include some familiar faces, some significant artists who have not been featured in the column before, and lesser known folks who are highly deserving of […]
“What I love the most are sad songs. My heart was broken and, I dunno, I guess when my heart breaks, pedal steel comes out.” So said Karen Pittelman (Karen & the Sorrows) in a 2017 Bluegrass Situation article exploring the […]
I spoke a bit too quickly a couple weeks ago when I said that the festival season was coming to a close. It’s springtime in Australia, and their festival season is just starting. Case in point is their Out on […]
The year 2019 is going out with a bang. Here’s my last listing of releases I am excited about, including three “tribute” albums, each of a different sort. I also wanted to spotlight recent or upcoming projects from the legendary […]
As festival season winds down we are most fortunate to have Peter Dervin once again covering San Francisco’s Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Founded by private equity investor and banjoist Warren Hellman in 2001, this year the free festival reckoned with what […]
There has been a quiet revolution going on. It’s one that music fans have been aware of for some time, but the gatekeepers not so much. As evidenced by a recent Instagram tag, some have called it “The Highwomen Movement.” […]
The theme of this year’s International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass conference and festival in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, was “Connect, Discover, and Grow.” The variation in this year’s IBMA award winners — such as legend Del McCoury and […]
“Jason Isbell told me, ‘One thing you have to understand about about Amanda [Shires], she’s a butterfly from outer space.’” — Brandi Carlile at the Americana Music Honors & Awards Show While Amanda Shires was certainly the object of much […]
Now in its 20th year, AmericanaFest is celebrating in style. The first thing I noticed is, even more so than in previous years, the Americana Music Association taking its role as curator extremely seriously. They’ve done a superb job of […]
Every six weeks or so, you may have noticed, I share my excitement about some new releases. This time the excitement even bigger than usual as four of the artists have showcases during next week’s AmericanaFest: Kelsey Waldon, Michaela Anne, […]
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