It’s pretty standard practice in the magazine industry to do a “food and drink” issue, on top of the many entire publications devoted to the topic, such as Food & Wine, Saveur, and Bon Appétit, just to name a few. […]
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Every six weeks or so, you may have noticed, I share my excitement about some new releases. This time the excitement even bigger than usual as four of the artists have showcases during next week’s AmericanaFest: Kelsey Waldon, Michaela Anne, […]
Carl Jung coined the term “synchronicity” to describe “meaningful coincidences,” such as thinking of someone and then seeing them the same day. While I’m not sure I subscribe to the concept of synchronicity, except as a really good album by […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Guitarist Deren Ney first posted these thoughts on his Facebook page on Aug. 27, the day the news broke that singer-songwriter and guitarist Neal Casal (The Cardinals, Phil Lesh, Hard Working Americans, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Circles Around the Sun) […]
When Susan Sontag published On Photography in 1973, she raised many questions about the aesthetic and moral value of taking pictures. Sontag had already established herself as a cultural critic whose essays on science fiction (“The Imagination of Disaster”); Andy […]
At the beginning of Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music, over footage of bluegrass artists autographing a Martin guitar, the voiceover shares a quote from Bill Monroe that could serve as a thesis statement for the documentary: “Bluegrass has […]
Though it’s fairly quiet on a Monday afternoon, there is an energy that permeates the walls of Berlin, Jesse Malin’s bar in the East Village. There are flyers hanging on the windows promoting a myriad of events — including a […]
Once again our Philadelphia correspondent, Mark J. Smith (aka Photosmithdigital), reports from his festival of choice, the Philadelphia Folk Festival. It will always have a special place in my heart, too, as it was the first fest I ever attended, […]
We’ve all got a drawer full of T-shirts and shelves full of CDs or vinyl we’ve bought at shows through the years. But sometimes an artist will put something on the merch table that’s truly unique — cookbooks, candles, lighters, […]
Next February will mark the 15th anniversary of YouTube, though it seems as if it’s been around forever. Owned and operated by Google, it is second only to its parent company’s search site as the most visited on the web. […]
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