
BONUS TRACKS: Trombone Shorty, Cha Wa, and More Honor 20 Years Since Hurricane Katrina
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SPOTLIGHT: Dean Johnson on Finding The Right Producer in Sera Cahoone [ESSAY]

ALBUM REVIEW: Margo Price's 'Hard Headed Woman' is Wise, Sad, Exquisite Country Music

ALBUM REVIEW: Rodney Crowell Takes Flight Down the ‘Airline Highway’

Cha Wa Shares the Stories and Sounds of New Orleans With the World

THE READING ROOM: Tamara Savino's 'Poets and Dreamers: My Life in Americana Music'
Stories

NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at MerleFest: Humbird
No Depression set up the "studio" at the 37th annual MerleFest for a dozen sessions with legends and legends-in-the-making. The festival was founded in 1988 in memory of Doc Watson’s son Merle, and features “traditional plus” music, meaning a broad range of styles from the sweet falsetto
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SPOTLIGHT: Dean Johnson on Finding The Right Producer in Sera Cahoone [ESSAY]

Cha Wa Shares the Stories and Sounds of New Orleans With the World
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SPOTLIGHT: Dean Johnson - "Shake Me" [VIDEO]

SPOTLIGHT: Dean Johnson’s Journey from Seattle Bartender to Beloved Indie Folksinger

In The Deep End With...Tift Merritt
