Like The Last Waltz, Low Cut Connie’s new record ART DEALERS is a collection that is “meant to be played loud.” The South Philadelphia-based band makes bawdy piano rock and roll — the kind of music that fuels frontman, bandleader, […]
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Music, like the people who make it, is always evolving. One of the most exciting elements of covering a niche collection of genres like roots music is that the sounds and styles can always change. August was a great […]
Everyone and everything seems to move slower during these sweltering summer days. And while July saw fewer releases than the jam-packed, longest-playlist-yet June, last month also featured a number of slower, acoustic songs too. Of course, that wasn’t always […]
June’s Best of the Month Playlist is one of the largest we’ve ever compiled! The month featured blockbuster names in country like Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit, Lucinda Williams, and Tanya Tucker as well as folk legends like […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Managing Editor Hilary Saunders’ letter, below, opens our current quarterly journal, featuring the best and most timely stories in roots music today. Buy the Summer 2023 issue in print or digitally here. Better yet, start a subscription with this […]
May felt like it had a lot of twang, as evidenced by new music from bluegrassers like Alison Brown, Béla Fleck, Special Consensus, Marty Stuart, and more. But roots music fans who lean more toward other styles have nothing […]
The third annual FreshGrass Festival at The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, started off in the rain. Friday afternoon was not just damp, but soaking as storms rolled through the northwest part of the state. The ground around the No […]
Legendary guitarist Doc Watson would have turned 100 years old this spring, so it felt right to kick off the Best of the Month playlist with the one and only Dolly Parton honoring him on a tribute record that […]
Paul Janeway, co-founder and exuberant frontman of St. Paul & The Broken Bones, is talking over the birds. As he talks on the phone from his home in Birmingham, Alabama, the birds’ songs carry clearly over his own voice. […]
Coming in at nearly 50 songs, No Depression‘s Best of March 2023 playlist shows just how much good music came out last month. Bluegrass supergroups and reunions made waves in March, with releases from new band Mighty Poplar, our […]
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