“August of ‘83 / Alicia came to wreck my city,” David Ramirez sings on My Love Is a Hurricane’s title track. “Six days before I was born / I’d like to think that was some kind of warning.” As the […]
“August of ‘83 / Alicia came to wreck my city,” David Ramirez sings on My Love Is a Hurricane’s title track. “Six days before I was born / I’d like to think that was some kind of warning.” As the […]
It’s a traveling time of year, at least for those of us in the Americana world. Several ND staffers, contributors, and friends have been at AmericanaFest this week, and some of us are heading to Massachusetts this weekend for our FreshGrass festival – […]
“Where were you when / we lost the twins?” is the first thing David Ramirez sings on We’re Not Going Anywhere. So I think about it. The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was in my college dorm room, my […]
In the heat of summer, in this furnace of unrest, we’re all in need of solace. To paraphrase Maya Angelou, music is refuge. Here are the fifteen songs I’ve had on heavy rotation this season. Most are new releases from this […]
For this week’s DJ interview, I’m featuring Jessie Scott from Sun Radio, a newer non-commercial Texas station that serves Dripping Springs, Fredricksburg, and the greater Austin area. Scott was there 20 years ago at the original “In The Pines” weekend that led […]
Noah Gundersen is seated at a cafe in a converted garage in South Seattle. He lives nearby, and suggested the place. Twenty-six and chiseled (after our meeting, he headed for a yoga class), Gundersen has completely grown out of any […]
FRESH TRACK: Tim Heidecker – “Well’s Running Dry”Check it out
SPONSORED BY Bloodshot Records