It’s been a bumpy last few years for Bloodshot Records, and the future of the Chicago-based label seems murky for sure, and bleak at best. In a long social media post Monday, co-founder Rob Miller said he is stepping […]
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The Grammys have a lot of problems, and genre is at the heart of most of them. This year’s first nominee for Top Controversy is the decision (from an anonymous committee) to keep Kacey Musgraves’ new album, star-crossed, out […]
We all think fondly about the albums we’ve loved over the years — the ones that got us through a breakup, made us dance in our living rooms, sounded awesome when we belted them out in our cars. But much […]
I’ve been attending MerleFest for more than 20 years now — but never quite like I did last weekend. Like clockwork (or, if you live in the South, like pollen) it has always arrived to Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s been a tough week of losses for music fans. I could make this column 10 miles long sharing my own thoughts about each one, but music touches everyone differently, and I’m sure you have thoughts and memories of […]
With September bearing an absolutely packed roots music festival calendar, events have had some big decisions to make lately regarding their COVID-19 safety policies. This week brought a ton of announcements regarding vaccination and/or negative test requirements. Hitting just […]
As hospitals started filling up again and COVID-19 cases spiked in many places in the US this week, venues and artists alike took action to make sure their events aren’t causing any further spread. Most notably in the roots […]
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