In the 1970s and ’80s, Tammy Faye Messner and her ex-husband Jim’s Christian television show, The PTL Club, flourished then flamed out in the white-hot, big bang of TV evangelism. Preachers like Jerry Falwell and Billy Graham proselytized directly into […]
To paraphrase Bob Dylan, goodbye’s too strong a word, so for now I’ll just say “fare thee well.” As the world turns, I’ve come to the end of my tenure in this role of Web Editor at No Depression. Nothing […]
If Townes van Zandt’s Pancho and Lefty got away with it, their lives might have ended up something like Texas singer/songwriter Pug Johnson’s outlaw, El Cabron. The titular character from his latest album, El Cabron, runs on swagger and […]
Nat Myers It’s been a rough few months for the roots music community: fires, floods, illness, and loss. The latest addition to the list is blues picker extraordinaire Nat Myers, who was recently diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare type […]
The streets of Dallas’s Deep Ellum entertainment district hold a deep history of legendary buskers whose influence echoes through music’s greats. During the city’s blues heyday, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lead Belly sang there; more recently, Charley Crockett made […]
The 37 annual Folk Alliance International conference is off to a bang-up start this week in Montreal, Quebec. The beloved folk music community gathering started off with its annual awards ceremony, and an inspiring keynote address by singer/songwriter Allison Russell […]
This week on Bonus Tracks we’ve got a ton of new album announcements and a fascinating new podcast about forgotten country music innovator Shelly Bush: Brandi Carlile and Elton John The Rocketman teamed up with Brandi Carlile to record […]
Garth Hudson Garth Hudson, the last surviving original member of The Band, the quirky folk/rock band known for hits like “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” died this week on Jan. […]
This week’s Bonus Tracks begins with a reflection on an evening last summer with Peter Yarrow, who died this week on Jan. 7, at the age of 86. Yarrow was best-known as part of Peter, Paul and Mary, one […]
Next year’s FreshGrass | Bentonville festival will take place May 16 and 17 at The Momentary in Northwest Arkansas. Artists include Lukas Nelson, Shakey Graves, Rosanne Cash, Seun Kuti, La Doña, 18x Grammy Award-winner Béla Fleck with his new […]
