A while back, we asked a bunch of roots musicians to tell us about their favorite standards, in conjunction with the theme of our current print journal, Standards & Stanzas. Molly Tuttle, this month’s Spotlight artist, chimed in with this: […]
Over the past 20 years, Josh Ritter’s vivid imagery and expansive song topics have established him as a singular voice in songwriting — a reputation cemented by substantial experimentation and collaboration. His 2011 novel, Bright’s Passage, and visual art (including […]
The best gig I ever played was in the summer of 2017 at the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. For those of you who don’t know, alopecia areata is a specific kind of hair loss that is caused by the immune […]
Last weekend at the Pop Music Conference in Seattle, music journalists, writers, and academics gathered to share papers and trade conversation about the frontlines of music today. Perhaps not surprisingly, Lil Nas X and the recent controversy over his meme-ified […]
Last Friday marked the release of my first full-length album, a collection of original old-time music called Time and Place. It also marked three years since I picked up my life, as so many have done before me, and moved […]
The best day of the year for every physical format music lover is almost upon us: The 11th annual Record Store Day takes place on April 13, 2019. Although the international holiday continues to grow in size each year, demanding […]
The very first song on Molly Tuttle’s new album, When You’re Ready, her full-length debut, is “Million Miles,” which was a collaborative effort right from the start. Here’s how it came to be, in Tuttle’s own words: My friend Steve […]
“Blues is like a witness,” Ruthie Foster said with a delicate voice while warming her throat with a cup of tea in a conference room of the Freedom Hall in Park Forest, Illinois. Beyond the way that a masterful blues […]
Every artist has a favorite standard, a touchstone they come back to when they’re warming up, playing with new friends, or just having fun. Sometimes that song is what inspired them to start down a musical path in the first […]
It’s comfortable in a family band. You’re onstage with people you’ve known all your life, who support you without question and look after you off stage as well. The music is ingrained in your head, in your heart, in your […]
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