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    BONUS TRACKS: Roots Music News from Yasmin Williams, Amadou & Mariam, Rhiannon Giddens, and Turnpike Troubadours

    Innovative picker and songwriter Yasmin Williams made some headlines on Wednesday after she received “absolutely insane” email […]

    Hilary Saunders Posted On April 11, 2025
    THROUGH THE LENS: Roots Music Roars Through Austin, Texas During SXSW 2025

    Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, South by Southwest (SXSW) has become, like its host city, many […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On April 8, 2025
    BONUS TRACKS: Michael Hurley Passes Away at 83 and More Roots Music News from Bruce Springsteen and Kelsey Waldon

    The roots music community was stunned to hear about the passing of “outsider folk” singer-songwriter Michael Hurley […]

    Hilary Saunders Posted On April 4, 2025
    THE READING ROOM: Geoffrey Himes Posits The Opposite of Outlaw Country in New Book 'In-Law Country'

    What do Brian Ahern, Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell, Ricky Skaggs, Rosanne Cash, and Guy and Susanna Clark […]

    Henry Carrigan Posted On April 3, 2025
    THROUGH THE LENS: Big Ears Festival 2025 Digs Deep

    Founded in 2009, the Big Ears Festival lays claim to bringing more diverse music acts to single […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On April 1, 2025
    FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Basia Bulat, Gary Louris, Benmont Tench and more

      You could call the structure of this column “songwriters up front, instrumentalists in back,” but in […]

    Peter Blackstock Posted On March 31, 2025
    BONUS TRACKS: Fare Thee Well and a Sister Rosetta Bio Pic, and New Music from Guitarist Marc Ribot

    To paraphrase Bob Dylan, goodbye’s too strong a word, so for now I’ll just say “fare thee […]

    Meredith Lawrence Posted On March 28, 2025
    CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Nefesh Mountain, Laura Mock, and Gloria Anderson

    A major challenge of crowdfunding is that you’re selling something that doesn’t exist yet. You’re selling the […]

    Chris Griffy Posted On March 26, 2025
    THROUGH THE LENS: Willie Nelson’s Texas Luck Reunion & Australia’s Blue Mountains Music Festival

    There is simply too much going on in the roots music world. This week, the column goes […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On March 25, 2025
    BONUS TRACKS: FreshGrass | North Adams Announces Lineup for 2025 and More Roots Music News

    The FreshGrass Foundation, No Depression‘s nonprofit publisher, has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition of FreshGrass | […]

    Hilary Saunders Posted On March 21, 2025


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