Amos Perrine

This week I thought I’d do something a bit different. Earlier this month, Peter Dervin covered two blues festivals (the Waterfront Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon, and the Winthrop Rhythm & Blues Festival in Winthrop, Washington), and Jim Gavenus covered the Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania. But

When I submitted my list of best albums of the year (so far) for ND’s list, there were only a couple I felt strongly about. Had it been just a few weeks later, all three of the albums below, to be released this month, would have been at the

When was the last time a song released 37 years ago topped the singles charts? Thanks to the TV series Stranger Things, Kate Bush and her song “Running Up That Hill,” from 1985’s Hounds of Love, have found a new legion of fans. When it was first released, the

To paraphrase the Stephen Sondheim-penned lyric from Gypsy, everything’s coming up roots music festivals this spring. If it seems that the Through the Lens column has been featuring an endless stream of them lately, it’s because they are abundant as May flowers. This week features two roots festivals