Throw a rock from anywhere you’re standing in Texas, and you’re bound to hit a songwriter. Like churches, there’s a singer-songwriter on every corner in every town of the Lone Star republic. Simply to list the names of recent artists […]
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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 […]
We’ve heard from the ND readers, the ND staff, and yours truly on what we feel are the outstanding albums of the year. Now, we hear from from the ND photographers on what they found exciting or rewarding or just plain liked […]
At the end of AmericanaFest Margo Price tweeted and Instagramed, “It was one helluva week.” I will go further: it was one hell of a year. Americana got its own Billboard chart, Americana for the first time outsold country, a firmly established […]
What a year, right? I hesitate to dwell too much on world events in this space, other than to acknowledge that we have all experienced them, have all no doubt been rocked by them in one way or another. If […]
When you enter the stage entrance at the Culture Center on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia, where Mountain Stage calls home, you pass half a dozen or so poster boards on easels that list the date […]
I’ve seen Bill DeVille around the “halls” of the Americana Music Conference for a number of years. I finally struck up a conversation with him and immediately knew he was a kindred radio and music junkie. Bill Frater: Where and when […]
I guess it’s time to call you out. Over the last few years, the selection committee had been announcing nominees that made many folks scratch their head and wonder. It seems that the ballots sent out to your over 600 […]
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. […]
Speaking from personal experience, I can tell you that programming and managing an internet radio station is a labor of love. It also might just be the future of radio. Danny Birch of Radio Vagabond certainly has a passion for music, which […]
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