Being no stranger to traditional music in West Virginia (my first article for ND, in 2009, was about the Morris Family Old Time Music Festival), each year I attend the Appalachian String Band Music Festival, better known simply as […]
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It’s been a tough string of losses in the music community lately, from bluegrass icons Bobby Osborne and Jesse McReynolds, bluegrass innovator Roger Sprung, and beloved pop singer Sinéad O’Connor last month to The Band’s Robbie Robertson this week. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: Peter Blackstock and Grant Alden were the original editors of No Depression, launching it as a print magazine covering alt-country (whatever that is) in 1995 and steering it through 75 issues until 2008. While they’re no longer part of […]
When I think of the Newport Folk Festival, I am reminded of the song “Carry It On.” First recorded by The Broadside Singers in 1964, and then by many others, it was originally an anthem for the civil rights […]
Singer-songwriter and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie announced Thursday evening that she is retiring from live performances due to physical challenges. “I have made the difficult decision to pull out of all scheduled performances in the foreseeable future,” Sainte-Marie said in […]
This week the the column travels to Colorado and features two lesser known, small town bluegrass festivals: High Mountain Hay Fever Bluegrass Festival in Westcliffe (July 6-9) and SnowyGrass Music Festival in Estes Park (July 14-16), the gateway to […]
The Newport Folk Festival gets rolling today in Rhode Island, and across three full days of sets from Billy Strings, Jason Isbell, Aimee Mann, Jon Batiste, Turnpike Troubadours, and tons more, it’s sure to be a blast. But it’s […]
In the introduction to his often hilarious and poignant new memoir, Bang Bang Crash, novelist and drummer Nic Brown gets off a resounding rim shot at his own expense, revealing a glimpse of his own journey from drums to pen […]
How does one begin talking about a perfect musical weekend in a tucked-away corner of southeast Ohio? A weekend highlighted by fair skies, moderate summer temps, and what seemed to be a constant gentle breeze. The evenings were even […]
Let’s get the elephants in the room out of the way. If you’ve been online at all this week, you’ve heard that Miranda Lambert stopped mid-song to scold some fans for taking selfies during a show last weekend and […]
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