The goal of these Founders’ Keepers columns, for me anyway, is fairly personal. The half-dozen “keepers” I highlight every couple of months aren’t intended as any sort of comprehensive Americana overview; rather, they’re simply a few records that have […]
Music is a very small part of the crowdfunding landscape. For example, the high-water mark for funding for a music campaign on Kickstarter (Amanda Palmer) is just over $1 million. Just last year, fantasy author Brandon Sanderson raised $41 […]
Some of my AmericanaFest pals have expressed some disappointment in the lack of well-known names in this year’s lineup of showcases. But that is the very reason I am so excited — without the big-name distractions we’ll be able […]
AmericanaFest is right around the corner — kicking off next Tuesday and taking over Nashville through Saturday. The Americana Honors & Awards Show is Wednesday evening, and while we’ll have to wait until then to hear the winners of […]
When John Prine died on April 7, 2020, he left behind a sumptuous banquet of lyrically ingenious songs that captured the vagaries of the lives of individuals whom society had consigned to its margins. Prine was better than any other […]
Sometimes I think that the most complicated relationship I have in my life is with my fiddle. Maybe this is a testament to how lucky I’ve been with my family and friends, but It’s true! I’ve played the fiddle […]
This week’s column features two roots festivals located in Virginia. The first, Appaloosa Festival, was held over Labor Day Weekend in Front Royal, 70 miles west of Washington, D.C. The other, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, was this past […]
Bruce Springsteen seems like a train that never stops, touring frequently and routinely giving three-hour shows even into his 70s. But even the Boss needs a break sometimes, and Springsteen announced this week he’s clearing his September calendar for […]
Zach Bryan released a new album last Friday, and it features some pretty great collaborations with The War and Treaty, The Lumineers, Sierra Ferrell, and Kacey Musgraves (read our review here). The Musgraves collaboration in particular, “I Remember Everything” […]
Every fall brings another crop of big music memoirs and biographies, and I mean that both literally and metaphorically; Michael Azerrad’s “annotated” version of his 1993 Nirvana bio, The Amplified Come as You Are, totes up almost 700 pages, for example. […]
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