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THROUGH THE LENS: Appaloosa Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2023

THROUGH THE LENS: Appaloosa Festival and Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2023

This week’s column features two roots festivals located in Virginia. The first, Appaloosa Festival, was held over Labor Day Weekend in Front Royal, 70 miles west of Washington, D.C. The other, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, was this past weekend in downtown Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee — a town

THROUGH THE LENS: Hoxeyville Music Festival and Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival

THROUGH THE LENS: Hoxeyville Music Festival and Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival

The summer roots music festival scene has become so popular that this week's column is another two-fer: Washington state's Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival (July 21-23, 2023) and Michigan's Hoxeyville Music Festival (Aug. 17-20, 2023). The former was covered by frequent contributor Peter Dervin,

THROUGH THE LENS: Dead & Company, Tyler Childers, and Other Photos of the Week

THROUGH THE LENS: Dead & Company, Tyler Childers, and Other Photos of the Week

This week is a hybrid of sorts. Included are photos by 15 ND photographers from three festivals, Red Wings Roots Festival, The Peach Music Festival, and Wind Grass Bluegrass Festival, as well as from concerts by perennial favorites such as Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, and boygenius. But let's

THROUGH THE LENS: Traditional Music Rings Out in West Virginia

THROUGH THE LENS: Traditional Music Rings Out in West Virginia

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 Clifftop. This year I also visited the second annual Hammons Family

THROUGH THE LENS: Newport Folk Festival 2023 Carries Roots Music Tradition Forward

THROUGH THE LENS: Newport Folk Festival 2023 Carries Roots Music Tradition Forward

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 movement. Later it was the name of two documentaries,

THROUGH THE LENS: Two Small Colorado Festivals Fuel Bluegrass Fans and Tradition

THROUGH THE LENS: Two Small Colorado Festivals Fuel Bluegrass Fans and Tradition

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 Rocky Mountain National Park. With 30 annual festivals, Colorado is

THROUGH THE LENS: Nelsonville Music Festival 2023

THROUGH THE LENS: Nelsonville Music Festival 2023

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 a tad chilly. That was the backdrop of last weekend'