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    THROUGH THE LENS: Cayamo and Outlaw Country Cruises Provided Roots Music Fans Memorable Experiences on the High Seas

      During the past 24 years promoter and organizer Sixthman has presented over 150 themed festivals on […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On March 18, 2025
    THROUGH THE LENS: Arizona’s Extra Innings Festival Knocks it Out of the Park

    March in Arizona means it’s time for Cactus League spring training in Phoenix. Music promoter and festival […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On March 11, 2025
    BONUS TRACKS: Nat Myers Crowdfunding, Charley Crockett CD Giveaway, and What We're Listening To

      Nat Myers It’s been a rough few months for the roots music community: fires, floods, illness, […]

    Meredith Lawrence Posted On March 7, 2025
    THE READING ROOM: ‘Pretend We’re Dead’ Recalls Women Who Rocked and Changed American Music

        In the 1990s, numerous women rockers emerged on the popular music scene, flooding the airwaves […]

    Henry Carrigan Posted On March 6, 2025
    THROUGH THE LENS: Folk Alliance International & Wintergrass Gatherings Bring Roots Music to the Forefront

    This week’s column takes us, in the throes of winter, up north, where two roots music events […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On March 4, 2025
    FOUNDERS KEEPERS: After the Fire is Gone; The Last Sessions of Bluesman Elmore James

      It began here, in the safety of the suburbs, black vinyl spinning in someone’s back room, […]

    Grant Alden Posted On February 26, 2025
    THROUGH THE LENS: John Hiatt Tribute & The Vero Beach Blues Festival

      This week’s column features two events at opposite ends of the country: AMERICANAFEST’s Pre-Grammy Salute to […]

    Amos Perrine Posted On February 25, 2025
    BONUS TRACKS: Folk Alliance International Music Award Winners and Lomax Archives Record Label, Plus New Music from Mumford and Sons

    The 37 annual Folk Alliance International conference is off to a bang-up start this week in Montreal, […]

    Meredith Lawrence Posted On February 21, 2025
    CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Justin Golden, David Johansen Cancer Fundraisers; New Albums from Mark Erelli, Jimmy Touzel, and Molly Thomas

      As with last month’s column, I open this month not with a campaign for a new […]

    Chris Griffy Posted On February 21, 2025
    THE READING ROOM: Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with the Music of Joni Mitchell is Part Memoire, Part Critique

      The songs of Joni Mitchell saved novelist Paul Lisicky’s life. In his loving ode to Mitchell […]

    Henry Carrigan Posted On February 20, 2025


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