This week the column features two music festivals in Oregon that offer distinctly different takes on roots music: The Jackalope Jamboree in Pendleton, this year held June 22-24, concentrates on honky-tonk and country with a welcoming small-town feel, and […]
This a column I have been wanting to do for quite some time. With the publication of Jeff Fasano’s wonderful new book Americana Portrait Sessions, reviewed for ND by Henry Carrigan, now seems to be the opportune time to […]
What can I say about Brandi Carlile that has not already been said so many times over? I will not even try. What I will do is share two recent three-day festivals that she hosted during the past few […]
While this column of late has been featuring festivals, it’s time to turn our attention to other roots music photos taken by ND photographers during the past few weeks. Be they legends of rock and roll, blues, bluegrass, or […]
Over Memorial Day weekend, bluegrass fans from all over descended on the Cumberland, Maryland, for the 15th edition of DelFest. Named for and presided over by the legend himself, Del McCoury, DelFest has cast a wider net than just […]
This week the column reports from two roots festivals held last month in opposite ends of the country: High Water in North Charleston, South Carolina, and the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California. High Water took place at the picturesque […]
DelFest’s 15th installment begins this Thursday. DelFest was created by and named after Del McCoury who, having won 31 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) awards, including nine for Entertainer of the Year, is the undisputed the king of bluegrass. […]
After several other, similar festivals in prior years failed to take root, George Wein, who’d built the Newport Jazz and Newport Folk festivals, was brought in to create a unique festival for New Orleans, one that was both worthy […]
This week the Through the Lens column plays catch-up with two March festivals sharing this space, the Luck Reunion in Texas and the Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho. Their respective locales could not be more different. The Reunion […]
Just as Doc Watson drew upon a variety of sources for his music, MerleFest bills itself as a “traditional plus” festival. This certainly was evident at this year’s edition that celebrated Doc’s 100th birthday as well as the festival’s […]
