The Newport Folk Festival gets rolling today, with several adjustments to the usual event due to COVID-19, including a vaccination or negative test requirement and a split into two three-day events. But one tradition staying firmly intact is a curated […]
Fiddle player Byron Berline could play bluegrass and old-time with the best of them (and, in fact, he did, with a stint as one of Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys early in his career), but he knew how to […]
As the wheels of tour buses (and vans and cars) start rolling again, there have been some interesting effects on artists and venues. After all, usually tours are cyclical and not everyone is doing it at the same time, […]
Is there anything Rhiannon Giddens can’t do? Now she’s adding “author” to her list of creative output with a deal for four picture books for Candlewick Press. The book will tell stories of Black American history and experience, illustrated by […]
The Reverend Shawn Amos has launched a new podcast titled The Cause of It All, which features conversations with other musicians about “race, legacy, and the blues.” The title is shared with that of his latest album (ND review), […]
First he went electric, and now he’s going fully digital. Bob Dylan announced this week a streaming concert to take place on Veeps on July 18. Called “Shadow Kingdom,” the stream will be his first performance since December 2019 […]
The Blues Foundation gave out its 42nd annual round of Blues Music Awards in a virtual ceremony broadcasted from Memphis last weekend. Shemekia Copeland won three awards, including the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year honor. Her latest album, […]
Neko Case announced a new project this week, but it’s not an album: It’s a newsletter on Substack. Case envisions Entering the Lung as “a series of weekly postcards about loving nature and its crazy ways,” she says in […]
The family of the late, great John Prine has announced a weeklong series of concerts and events in his honor this fall. You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life & Songs of John Prine will take place at multiple locations […]
Legendary music executive Clive Davis threw a party last weekend, and instead of hiring a band for entertainment, he did a live interview … with none other than Joni Mitchell! The virtual party, which raised money for the Grammy […]
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