Serendipity happens. In response to the Through the Lens column of two weeks ago that included Jerry Jeff Walker’s influential album ¡Viva Terlingua! that was recorded at the Luckenbach Texas Dance Hall, I got a note from contributing ND photographer […]
Willie Nelson’s first Fourth of July Picnic, in 1973, was inspired by the Dripping Springs Reunion held at the Hurlbut Ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas, the year before, where Nelson and other country music favorites performed. While its promotion and […]
“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” — John Banville (The Sea) Everyone has their year, and many writers have postulated why a certain year was the greatest one for music. I submit that 1973 was that year […]
The entire roots music community has been hit hard by the coronavirus: record labels, PR firms, venues, record stores, writers, photographers, publications, and, most of all, the working artists without whom the others wouldn’t exist. Even amid the hardship of […]
I don’t know about you, but I always get excited to hear about upcoming albums. The anticipation is like Christmas morning. This week I am particularly excited about revisiting the Outlaw Movement, a fabulous live album by Ruthie Foster, Nicole […]
While there have no live in-person shows during the past seven weeks or so, the No Depression photographers were making their usual rounds in the clubs and concert halls before the coronavirus hit. Nine photographers and 17 performing artists grace […]
For many roots music fans, MerleFest kicks off the festival season. With few hotel rooms available in the immediate area, fans come to Wilkesboro each late April if not with campers in tow then tents and camping gear in the […]
“I guess I just process death differently than some folks. Realizing you’re not going to see that person again is always the most difficult part about it. But that feeling settles, and then you are glad you had that person […]
The great thing about recorded music, especially in these self-isolating, stay-at-home, quarantined days and nights, is that you can listen to it whenever and however you want. Whether it be while fixing dinner, doing the laundry, or lounging around in […]
Born in the mountains / Fifty years ago / I traveled the hills and valleys / Through the rain and snow / Seen the lightning flashing / I’ve heard thunder roll / I’ve endured, I’ve endured. — Ola Belle Reed (Martha Spencer’s […]
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