Fiddlers don’t fret. — Leanna Price, The Price Sisters And fiddlers don’t fret over the differences between a fiddle and a violin either. Other than sometimes a half centimeter difference in the instrument’s bridge, they’re the same instrument. It’s amazing that […]
While we await May flowers, there are quite a few outstanding roots music releases coming our way this month like those April showers. This week I offer my brief impressions on five: two that have been eagerly awaited, Rhiannon Giddens […]
As we are hopefully on the brink of seeing some live shows again, even if they are socially distanced outdoor ones, this week Through the Lens is taking a look back. When I asked ND’s photographers to share stories and […]
Record labels are more than an outlet for music, they are a philosophy of life. Sometimes narrow, sometimes wide. As evidenced by the logo on its website, Signature Sounds Recordings falls in the latter category: “Record Label – Live […]
In January a writer-acquaintance did a piece on what he sees as the 10 all-time best Americana albums. While I have given that some thought over the years, I decided to look at it from a bit of a different […]
Whenever March rolls around, I play George Harrison’s “Here Comes the Sun.” Usually, the line “It’s been a long lonely winter” is perfunctory, but this year we need that sun more than ever. We also need an appropriate soundtrack. While […]
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 […]
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 […]
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