Dave Rawlings is a man rife with contradiction. Although his partnership with long-time collaborator Gillian Welch has spawned six albums in 20 years, his name makes the cover of only one of them. Most of the time, he abstains from […]
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There is nothing finer than Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the Ryman – and no one I’d rather see there. Like the Ryman itself, one does not see or hear Welch and Rawlings; one experiences them. You come under their […]
In 1983, eminent bluegrass historian Neil V. Rosenberg wrote a piece in the scholarly journal American Music, published by the University of Illinois Press, about bluegrass stereotypes found in popular media of the time. He wrote about three offerings found […]
Thanksgiving is over, December lies ahead with its year-end reviews, assessments, and lists. While I, too, have some to share with our readers next month, it’s a good time to feature some of the outstanding pictures ND’s photographers have taken […]
A friend of mine thought he was Norwegian for the longest time. His family had a rough sketch of a tree, a list tracing modern branches back to their Viking roots in Scandinavia. After a trip to a few archives […]
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Revival, the archival Boots No. 1: The Official Archival Bootleg (out November 25 on Acony Records) returns the listener to that seemingly organic achievement with fresh ears. It was the rare debut album and […]
Has it really been two months since my last update on new and recent releases? Well, a lot has happened during that time — not the least of all some more-than-noteworthy releases, roots and more. All of these are, one way or […]
I’ve gotten to know Tim Lynch from seeing him at festivals and emcee-ing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. I immediately liked him for his passion for music, and I quickly learned he brought that same enthusiasm and dedication to all his endeavors. […]
Australian singer-songwriter Bill Jackson didn’t set out to have a career in music, at least not at first. But it kept calling to him. And once he got the right guitar and the right people in his life, he answered […]
It rained all afternoon in Asheville last Friday, just as it’s rained almost every afternoon all summer. Global warming, it seems, is turning our little mountain town into a subtropical valley in the Smokies. As the minutes crept toward 8 […]
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