As I was reviewing the photos the ND photographers have recently taken, I noticed that most were of women artists. That’s not unusual — both this column at ND as a whole have long recognized that women are a driving […]
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While much of the country was receiving large amounts of snow and/or experiencing temperatures in the single digits, the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, was celebrating its 15th year Jan. 12-15 in sunny, spring-like weather. This […]
This week’s guest contributor Liza Orozco and I have at least one thing in common: an unfettered admiration of Sierra Ferrell. Ferrell is from my hometown of Charleston, West Virginia, and I’ve seen her many times during the past […]
Like a small planted acorn, Mountain Stage presented its initial show in December 1983, showcasing West Virginia musicians to a small but enthusiastic audience for broadcast on West Virginia Public Radio. But word soon got around more widely that the […]
What a tremendous year it has been for roots music. With so many stellar albums, it was an especially difficult task to winnow them down to any singular list. But the more I listened, the better I was able […]
This week 14 No Depression photographers, from the Appalachian mountains to Australia, highlight the cream of the roots music crop released this year. Nearly all the artists are familiar names, especially to readers of this column, but you’ll also […]
This week’s column features just a few of the many outstanding photos taken this year by 36 ND photographers. From New York to Australia, the 66 photos in the gallery below are representative of each photographer’s work as well […]
December is my favorite month for the Through the Lens column because it gives the ND photographers the opportunity to step out from behind their cameras and share with us what moved them this year. Here’s what 14 ND […]
As the year winds down, many of us take time to look back on the year that was, and it was a busy one for roots music releases. This week’s column offers some quick summaries of six titles that […]
It’s time again to see what the ND photographers have been up to lately, what shows they’ve seen and, of course, the stellar photos they’ve taken. When I do one of these columns it’s certainly like that proverbial box […]
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