Elli, Bernett and I were safely on the E train, under Manhattan, under the river, under Brooklyn and Queens, while it poured. When we got out at Forest Hills, though, the whole world was wet, and colorful clouds boded no […]
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Since June 4th, I’ve enjoyed reading other people’s reviews of Bob Dylan’s current tour, with Mavis Staples. The tour was announced back in March to much happy anticipation from people who’ve enjoyed hearing the two performers for 50 years, and […]
In concert, self-indulgence is frequently the enemy of the attendee. And Bob Dylan can be a very self-indulgent artist. Unexpected to the point of hilarity, his last two albums have featured wall-to-wall covers of Frank Sinatra, a musician diametrically opposed […]
Today, I’m excited to report, we’re opening up the store for preorders and subscriptions, as we get ready to ship our Spring 2016 print journal on May 2. While we returned to the page last fall with ND’s first print edition […]
The festival market has gotten so saturated that, once the unofficial kickoff to festival season begins with Indio, California’s Coachella, you can count on at least one festival every weekend throughout the Summer. While there are plenty of genre-specific festivals […]
As an impressive rainstorm has finally been hitting Northern California, I’m enjoying the calming rain-sounds as I finally get to share with you my conversation from back in October with indie musician M. Ward, in support of his eighth studio […]
Mavis Staples needs no introduction from me, here or anywhere. You’ve been reading about her a lot lately, though. She won a GRAMMY, her second, this month for Best Roots Performance (“See That My Grave Is Kept Clean”); she is on a tour […]
This week, I’ve simply found the best photographs uploaded to this site and collected them into an entertaining slideshow. Explanations follow: I caught Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins, and Anais Mitchell on their third stop on a six-week tour that is […]
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