A few years back, after Bruce Robison had been able to put away some money from his songwriting, he built himself a studio. It had state-of-the-art equipment, everything it needed to make records in today’s world. “I got to the […]
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The 2020 Grammy nominations were announced early this morning, and some roots music artists woke up to some very good news. Here are the nominees in the American Roots Music category, which includes Americana, bluegrass, folk, blues, and music […]
Full of lush, sweeping arrangements and deeply vulnerable self-examination, Desert Dove is Michaela Anne’s most expansive work yet. The album, produced by Sam Outlaw and Delta Spirit’s Kelly Winrich, is still rooted in the classic country she’s come to be […]
You could fill hours of airtime with a retelling of Dolly Parton’s life story. Maybe you’d start with her childhood in the Smoky Mountains, where she was one of 12 children in a family that struggled to make ends meet. […]
Showcasing your songs under the bright lights is a great part of the life of a professional musician. But it’s when singer-songwriter Anna Tivel is offstage, perhaps in a dark corner of a theater or bar she just played, that […]
As our feature story on October 2019 Spotlight artist Kelsey Waldon explains, her new album, White Lines/White Noise, has a lot to do with “home” — in many senses of the word. On the song “Kentucky, 1988,” it’s home in […]
“A big family, that’s what this is,” The Grascals’ Kristin Scott Benson said last night in Raleigh, North Carolina, while accepting her award for Banjo Player of the Year from the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA). She was referencing the […]
There are a lot of beautiful moments, both sonically and lyrically, on Amy Speace’s new album, Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne. But the song “Both Feet on the Ground,” about Speace’s young son, Huck, is a real standout. “Every […]
Don’t miss the red carpet photo gallery from ND’s Amos Perrine at the bottom of this post! “We are all given a gift to touch the world,” said the War & Treaty’s Michael Trotter as he and his wife, Tanya […]
When Dylan Goldberger draws Merle Haggard as a guitar-strumming squirrel or Dolly Parton as a collie in a truck bed, rest assured it’s an act of tribute. For his new book of illustrations, Four Legs, Wings, and Six Strings, the […]
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