Thirty-five years after they started performing together as Indigo Girls in their home state of Georgia, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are finding the power of singing together to be more driving than ever. The duo’s voices, and the unity […]
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Virginia-based singer/songwriter Amy Henderson has just released an emotionally powerful album of confessional alternative folk, May. In this conversation, she discusses how her artistry has developed. Q: What songs on your album are most personal to you and why? A: […]
30 years is a long time and it turns out that those bands and duos that formed in high school and college often have the greatest success, especially if they stay together for any length of time – The Beatles, […]
What I know about freedom of expression is that people die for it, and sometimes people die from lack of it. Freedom of expression takes different forms — how you present your body, your art, your words. Each of these […]
A new book on the history of the Newport Folk Festival is a treasure trove for music fans. Former Providence Journal reporter Rick Massimo has written the first complete account of the legendary festival, describing its many successes and occasional blunders. […]
It’s been said that music criticism basically boils down to “You’ve got to hear this” or “You had to be there.” I kept thinking about that last night, as I watched the Indigo Girls perform to a sold-out crowd in […]
While the internet has fundamentally changed the way we make and consume music, nothing has been more formative than the rise of crowdfunding. No longer is there a requirement to have a major label deal and a hope you will […]
I never thought big could be beautiful when it came to Americana festival crowds. I’ve changed my mind after seeing the bright lights of Bristol, TN/VA and its 50,000-plus. Or maybe I’m just infatuated with festivals themselves. Perhaps, if I […]
Americana Fest 2016 has ended. Once again, it was six nights and five days when an international community gathered around its common love and respect for a kind of music that is raw, honest, earnestly human, universal. We could break it […]
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