He didn’t know it at the time, but when Steve Ford, our long-serving Australian contributor, set out to take photos at Australia’s annual four-day WOMADelaide festival, he was capturing the last major music festival in his country prior to the […]
As ND readers are aware, music festivals make up a considerable amount of the photography and reporting featured in this column. With the coronavirus outbreak shutting down nearly all public events, the music festivals my fellow photographers and I so […]
These five upcoming releases have some things in common: They may have different beginnings, different sets of boundaries they are expanding, and different levels of notoriety among ND readers, but all of them are rich and vibrant examples of the […]
“Like a box of chocolates.” That was Raul Malo’s reply to Lucinda Williams when she remarked that the songwriters on stage for the final guitar pull on the 2020 Outlaw Country Cruise made “a good combination up here,” reports our […]
I don’t know how it keeps happening, but the annual Cayamo “Journey through Song” cruise just seems to get better and better. As evidenced by the narrative below by Brenda Rosser and Boom Baker, as well as their photos and […]
Our Scottish correspondent, Carol Graham, again reports on what may be the most widely attended roots music festival in the world, Celtic Connections. From veterans to newcomers, from the US to the UK, the festival revels in the connections between […]
This week’s column highlights an under-represented and under-appreciated branch of roots music: jazz. Perhaps it’s viewed as having more of an urban vibe as opposed to invoking the dusty backroads, barrooms, or juke joints of rural America. What most folks […]
Folk Alliance International has always held a particular fascination for me, beginning with the word “folk,” a term that was once more broadly used than “Americana” is today. It’s the word we used to describe roots music. In response to […]
While 2019 was a stellar year for roots music, by taking a look at what’s coming down the pike in next couple of weeks, 2020 just might be even better. Below are six albums that have been in constant rotation […]
The ND photographers have caught some pretty sweet shows recently, and we have the proof this week. Most notable are the shots of three legendary bands: Los Lobos, X, and Asleep at the Wheel. Those bands also represent three very […]
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