A smile planted itself on my face moments after the beginning of Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years, when the film showed the Beatles on stage in Manchester, England, on November 20, 1963. There they were, in full color and […]
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Every year, thousands of independent bands take to one of the major crowdfunding platforms to raise funds from their fanbase to produce their new work without the interference of a major label. But increasingly, crowdfunding sites have become the norm […]
A friend of mine thought he was Norwegian for the longest time. His family had a rough sketch of a tree, a list tracing modern branches back to their Viking roots in Scandinavia. After a trip to a few archives […]
The late Leonard Cohen recently said if he knew where good songs came from, he’d go there more often. If this is so, then over the years Butch Hancock seems to have found an oasis of songs in West Texas. […]
Music writers have the difficult task of describing music with words. Geoffrey Himes is one of the best. I’ve seen him through the years when I visit Nashville for the Americana conference. He’s always at the good shows and wears great T-shirts! […]
Over 50 years ago, Simon and Garfunkel hit the airwaves and Billboard’s Top 100 with “The Sound of Silence,” filled with lyrics that soon echoed down subway platforms and across city parks, naming the restlessness, despair, hopelessness, solitariness of a […]
Singer-Songwriter ChrystynaMarie closes out 2016 with a bang on her latest EP release “Loaded Gun.” The EP is infused with stunning elements of Blues and Pop which shows her true style as both a performer and songwriter. 4-tracks grace our […]
Due to large looming deadlines, this appreciation must be brief but I can’t let the passing of the wondrous Sharon Jones pass without notice. Jones, a Hillary Clinton supporter, had reportedly suffered a stroke while watching the 2016 election returns. But she had long […]
Welcome to the ND Roundup! This is where we’ll be sharing weekly news from around the roots music world. Are you prepared to talk politics at the dinner table this Thanksgiving? Me neither! Let’s look at the headlines instead. Nikki […]
Since she was young, my daughter Kristin has firmly stated that her wedding would be on the shoreline of Block Island with Blue Rodeo entertaining, and even now, at age 24, she keeps hinting. She doesn’t want to hear that […]
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