This week we explore the intimate photography of Peter Dervin from Seattle. I called his photos “intimate” even before I saw his imprssive resume, as they reveal a certain familiartity with his subjects that comes only with time and tenderness — both […]
It’s been a busy summer, and now it’s time to feature some of the best roots photos of the past couple of weeks by our crack contributors: Peter Dervin, Cynthia Elliott, Kirk Stauffer, Todd Gunsher, and Boom Baker. Also in […]
For the second time in this column, I’m taking you to Sydney, Australia, to learn about Eddie White — a veteran DJ who is the first person I’ve interviewed who’s to bring up “Ameripolitan” music, which is a little less “whatever […]
Over the past week or so, while there were some exciting festivals going on in the eastern half of the US, there was an extremely nice one-day celebration of the 75th anniversary of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River Songs at Benaroya Hall in Seattle. The […]
If you know this album (bravo to you) it’s probably as Dave Alvin’s first solo recording after leaving the Blasters (and X) and before he made all those albums people really love. And indeed, it’s a transitional artefact of Alvinology. Everything about it, […]
By now you have read — or should have read — Kim’s piece on the Readers Poll, complete with its Top 50. If you followed the voting, Isbell’s Something More Than Free was first out of the gate and led wire to […]
To paraphrase the great Sinatra song, it was a very good year for No Depression. It was also a year of transition — the folks behind this publication streamlined both the website and the newsletter, and published the first print issue in seven years. […]
So this is one of my favorite photos from the entire year. I had gone to Los Angeles to photograph the annual Los Lobos Cinco de Mayo show at the recently renovated Regent Theatre in Downtown LA. On this evening […]
When I became ND’s photo columnist, one of my aims was to devote some columns to a theme, e.g., photos featuring a a single artist, a festival, or a sub-genre of Americana. Last week I featured Emmylou Harris and it […]
It might be a slight exaggeration to suggest it would be easier to name the artists Gurf Morlix has not collaborated with rather than those he has. He’s worked with Lucinda Williams, Warren Zevon, Tom Russell, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Robert […]
