George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and later its folk counterpart, died this week at the age of 95. His inaugural jazz fest in 1954 became a template for such events for decades afterward, across genres. In […]
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As music journalist Stephen Deusner points out in his captivating and insightful new book, Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers (Texas), “in crucial ways the Truckers have provided a rip-roaring soundtrack for a very […]
During the month of August, I spent exactly one night in my own bed. I don’t even know if you could call it that since I only slept for about three hours in between laundry, repacking my suitcase, and […]
Canceled last year, then postponed from its traditional late April date to mid-September this year, MerleFest arrives this Thursday. But it’s not quite business as usual for the Wilkesboro, North Carolina, megafest. For the safety of attendees, volunteers, staff, […]
One of the things I love most about writing Crowdfunding Radar is finding young artists few have heard of (myself included) and boosting the signal for their first album, or first professionally produced album. That’s what most people think of […]
Just two weeks before it was set to start, DelFest had to cancel its plans for a 2021 festival in Maryland. A social media post signed by Rob and Robbie McCoury on behalf of the festival and family cited […]
When we think about R&B and soul, Muscle Shoals, Memphis, Detroit, and Philadelphia come immediately to mind as the homes of the sweet grooves that filled dance floors and clubs. The records of William Bell, Carla Thomas, Percy Sledge, […]
If you’ve ever played American roots music, you’ve almost certainly encountered the Nashville number system. It is part of every jam, every lesson, and every fake book. It is the cipher that we use to pass on our aural […]
Have you ever wanted to make a cross-country trip to catch one of your favorite legends in concert? While not many of us have, that’s exactly what regular Through the Lens contributor Peter Dervin did last week. Peter (and […]
Bonnaroo weathered a timing shift and then cancellation in 2020, a temporary shift to September this year, and then the announcement of a COVID-19 vaccine or negative test requirement for entry, but ultimately it was scrapped days before starting […]
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