Held in downtown Boise, Idaho, the five-day Treefort Music Fest returned in style this year to celebrate its tenth anniversary. Over 400 artists and bands came to perform and hang out in intimate settings, outdoor stages, bars, and theaters. […]
For the fifth time, Kirk Stauffer, who traveled from the chilly climes of the Pacific Northwest to sunny and warm Austin, shares with us his photos from SXSW. Once again he concentrates on the many women artists who performed […]
Unlike many festivals, the Cayamo cruise only missed one year due to COVID-19 (it docked in 2020 just before lockdowns hit, and then skipped 2021). This year was not a given due to the close proximity that being on […]
In his opening remarks, Big Ears Festival founder Ashley Capps said, quoting jazz composer Albert Ayler, “ ‘Music is the healing force in the universe.’ It resonates more now than ever.” After a two-year COVID hiatus, this year’s edition of […]
Located on a dusty repurposed Western film set originally built for the 1986 film Red Headed Stranger in Spicewood, Texas, on property owned by Willie Nelson, Luck Reunion returned last week after a two-year pandemic hiatus. Positioned somewhere between […]
Astute readers of this column will note that the last time these two festivals were covered was in 2020, just before the country entered its COVID-19 shutdown. After that two-year delay, our Arizona correspondent, C. Elliott, was chomping at […]
The sixth edition of the Outlaw Country Cruise set sail on Feb. 25 out of Miami for a one-week, self-contained roots music fest in the Caribbean. With stops in Costa Maya, Mexico, and Harvest Caye, Belize, Sixthman and Renegade […]
They say that March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb, but of late I am less interested in the weather than in being wrapped up in four new albums coming our way in the coming […]
Before a show earlier this month at the Listening Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan, singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin sat down with ND photographer Bryan Bolea for a brief interview. Better known for writing for country superstars like Alan Jackson (“Monday […]
This column began publishing Carol Graham’s report on the Celtic Connections festival in 2016 and has featured it every year since, save for last year, when COVID-19 caused its cancellation. Not only has Carol covered the fest for No […]
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