Amos Perrine

Nashville, Tennessee's underground country-rock scene of the 1980s and 1990s reconnected at the Eastside Bowl on Jan. 27 to support one of its own, Jeff Johnson. While Johnson played with numerous groups, he's perhaps best known as the bassist with Jason and the Scorchers, a

We may still be in the throes, somewhat, of winter's short days, but spring promises nicer weather, longer days, and a slew of new roots music releases. This week's column highlights five releases — three albums and two singles — that should not get lost in the shuffle.

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

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

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