Every music fan is painfully aware of how their favorite local venues are suffering amid lockdowns that have dragged on for more than a year now. Each club, listening room, basement hideaway, and stage stuffed into a corner has […]
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Brandi Carlile knows how to captivate; she invites us into her songs with her ability to evoke feelings of isolation and loss, forgiveness and hope, love and joy. Carlile entrances us with her stories of people just like us, facing […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series in this column exploring financial challenges that affect musicians and their careers. Read Part 1, about how musicians are affected by student debt, here, and Part 2, about musicians […]
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 […]
This week has brought a flood of festival announcements — and a lot of crossed fingers that these large events will be able to go on safely in just a few months. The biggest is Bonnaroo, which usually brings […]
When you think “bluegrass,” your first thought probably isn’t “Cleveland.” Or, to get a little bit more metaphorical, your first thought probably isn’t “industrialization” and “urban centers.” But maybe it should be. Despite how old bluegrass feels, it is […]
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 […]
A friend recently shared a photo on social media that I, unfortunately, have seen before. It was a screenshot of the last Americana Airplay Chart, with enough Y chromosomes to fill an all-adverb Scrabble board. Despite the fact that […]
Just a week after Station Inn owner JT Gray was seen in the Grammy awards broadcast talking about his iconic Nashville venue and presenting the award for Best Country Album, the music world was heartbroken to hear that Gray […]
I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees I went to the crossroad, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above, “Have mercy, now, save poor Bob if you please” We all know these lines […]
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