DelFest’s 15th installment begins this Thursday. DelFest was created by and named after Del McCoury who, having won 31 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, including nine for Entertainer of the Year, is the undisputed the king of bluegrass. […]
After several other, similar festivals in prior years failed to take root, George Wein, who’d built the Newport Jazz and Newport Folk festivals, was brought in to create a unique festival for New Orleans, one that was both worthy […]
This week the Through the Lens column plays catch-up with two March festivals sharing this space, the Luck Reunion in Texas and the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho. Their respective locales could not be more different. The Reunion […]
Just as Doc Watson drew upon a variety of sources for his music, MerleFest bills itself as a “traditional plus” festival. This certainly was evident at this year’s edition that celebrated Doc’s 100th birthday as well as the festival’s […]
This year’s MerleFest, kicking off this Thursday, is an extra special one. This year’s edition, the 35th, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Doc Watson, the founding father of the “traditional plus” festival that was started in […]
Byron Bay Bluesfest is Australia’s premier roots music festival, regularly named by both artists and the music industry as one of the world’s best. This was the first Bluesfest with a full roster of international artists since 2019, as […]
Longtime ND photographer Kirk Stauffer is a South by Southwest veteran. So much so that in preparation for making his yearly pilgrimage to Austin to catch the sprawling 10-day festival, he makes a spreadsheet containing the names, locations, and […]
For one four-day weekend in the spring, when the dogwoods are blossoming, music lovers from all over the world and of virtually every genre converge on Knoxville, Tennessee, to attend the Big Ears Festival. With a dozen indoor venues […]
The 10th Big Ears Festival is set to take over Knoxville, Tennessee, for four days beginning this Thursday. Its unparalleled presentation of the world’s most invigorating artists from a multitude of genres, including roots, defiantly in the heart of […]
This week’s column takes us to Australia, where Steve Ford returned to Adelaide for the first time since 2020 for the WOMADelaide festival. WOMAD, an acronym for World of Music, Arts, and Dance, is held in Adelaide, the capital […]
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