Amos Perrine

As with virtually all photographers of a certain age, I grew up with a Kodak Brownie camera and black-and-white film. College was, for many of us, the first opportunity to have access to a darkroom. Due to both the cost and complexity of the equipment needed to process and print

As I was reviewing the photos the ND photographers have recently taken, I noticed that most were of women artists. That's not unusual — both this column at ND as a whole have long recognized that women are a driving force in roots music. But it got me to

While much of the country was receiving large amounts of snow and/or experiencing temperatures in the single digits, the 30A Songwriters Festival in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, was celebrating its 15th year Jan. 12-15 in sunny, spring-like weather. This was much to the delight of ND photographer Justin St.

This week's guest contributor Liza Orozco and I have at least one thing in common: an unfettered admiration of Sierra Ferrell. Ferrell is from my hometown of Charleston, West Virginia, and I've seen her many times during the past 15 years. She's been featured

Like a small planted acorn, Mountain Stage presented its initial show in December 1983, showcasing West Virginia musicians to a small but enthusiastic audience for broadcast on West Virginia Public Radio. But word soon got around more widely that the show was extremely hospitable to a certain kind of music

What a tremendous year it has been for roots music. With so many stellar albums, it was an especially difficult task to winnow them down to any singular list. But the more I listened, the better I was able to hone it down to those essential records that spoke to