I was recently introduced to musician Jake LaBotz, who has a new album, Sunnyside, releasing on May 12; it was produced by Jimmy Sutton who also produces JD McPherson and Pokey LaFarge. I have heard several cuts from the album […]
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The innocuous course description helps University of North Carolina students from a variety of liberal arts majors, including music, to meet distribution requirement in their general education program. Drifting through the catalog, a student might look at it, and say, […]
The Unthanks – How Wild The Wind Blows, at the Royal Northern College Of Music, Manchester, UK One of the many fine and fascinating things about The Unthanks is how they manage to fearlessly represent the very epitome of the folk tradition yet at […]
Longtime ND photographer Steve Ford recently attended the Bluesfest Byron Bay, Australia’s premiere blues and roots festival that features many American artists. This year’s lineup included Patti Smith, Mavis Staples, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens, Kasey Chambers, Hubby Jenkins, Andrew Bird, […]
When it comes to American songwriting, “the road” is nearly as constant a muse as is unrequited (or altogether impossible) love. For the Mastersons — the husband-and-wife duo that is as well-known for backing Steve Earle as for fronting its own […]
An Episodic Day in the Life of an Up-and-Coming Band’s Tour, Number Who-Knows-What Setting the Stage This is a “day-in-the-life” feature from this writer/fan trying to bring a band’s tour to life in a range beyond those shining, culminating moments […]
John Jorgenson’s guitar playing was impressive when I saw him perform with the Desert Rose band at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino in 2010 and at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Framingham, Massachusetts, four years later. But those performances were […]
Another Friday night in Raleigh and I once again found myself at a concert by someone I’d been hearing about for a while but hadn’t really taken the time to listen to. Since my music loving friends (and trusted publications like […]
An Episodic Day in the Life of an Up-and-Coming Band’s Tour, Number Who-Knows-What Setting the Stage, Getting the House in Order, while Flock of Birds Alight This is a “day-in-the-life” feature from this writer/fan trying to bring a band’s tour […]
As I write this week’s article, it’s one day after Record Store Day. Designed to promote independent record stores, Record Store Day has also morphed into another front in the battle for artists to entice consumers to continue to consume […]
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