Many of us spent the weekend getting back to the garden of upstate New York, reliving those three days — which turned into four days, since Jimi Hendrix closed out the concert early Monday morning with his bombastic version of […]
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Grace is 25 years old. Jeff Buckley’s debut is gorgeous and heartbreaking, ambitious, daring and eclectic, and, as the sole studio album released during his short life, the only fully realized vision of the artistic brilliance he possessed. With the […]
In 2010, I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with only a suitcase, banjo, and fiddle. Buenos Aires has a vibrant underground scene, but few musicians make it off of performing alone. Luckily for me, there were no 5-string banjo teachers […]
It certainly is that time again, long overdue, to feature what the ND photographers have been up to, covering all the branches of roots music, including several legends. Plus, there are a few photos this week that view artists in […]
My past few columns have been themed around a certain subject or type of artist. This wasn’t intentional. Instead, it seemed that once I found one Christmas album or EP release, I found two, then three, and then I had […]
This month, longtime friends and musical collaborators Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill release new albums within a week of each other. Each album takes its title from the singer’s home state: Crowell’s Texas is out today and Gill’s Okie lands […]
Like so many other music fans, each week I look forward to searching, discovering, and devouring new music that is released every Friday. It’s a longtime habit from when I was in my early teens, but now, instead of visiting […]
Fifty years ago today, a little past five in the afternoon, on a stage planned and lit by E.H. Beresford “Chip” Monck, who introduced him, Richie Havens found himself the surprise opening act of “An Aquarian Exposition” presented by the […]
A few years ago, Ray Wylie Hubbard reflected on his life and the evolution of his songwriting and music in a humorous, candid, and cinematic memoir a life … well, lived (Bordello Records). He told the now-famous story — which […]
Turn your radio to a country music station, and you’re likely to hear the lilting sounds of a pedal steel. It’s a sound iconic to the genre, so ubiquitous that it’s probably permeated your idea of what country music is […]
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