Amos Perrine

This week’s column is a hybrid of sorts. It’s the last column of the year that features roots music festivals, two recent ones and two that were previously covered by ND but for which we have some great additional photos. The recent fests are the new two-day

In recent weeks this column has taken us to events all across the country, primarily in larger metropolitan areas such as Nashville, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Raleigh, North Carolina, exploring the many of the branches of roots music. This week, ND photographer Boom Baker visits Helena, Arkansas, population

Two new festivals in California recently showcased the state’s varied flavors of roots music and festival settings. The second installment of the BeachLife Ranch Festival took place Sept. 22-24 in Redondo Beach. Less than 30 miles to the northeast, the Los Angeles Folk Festival made its debut Oct.

Spurred on by roots music icon Hazel Dickens, investment banker Warren Hellman put on the first Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in 2001 as a gift to the citizens of San Francisco. According to an in memoriam tribute on the HSB website, Hellman “called the bluegrass gathering a ‘selfish gift,’ one that

The week following AmericanaFest in Nashville, many fans of roots music trekked 539 miles due east to downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, for the largest urban bluegrass festival in the world, the International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass. The first three days of end-of-September event are

This week’s column features two roots music events that bring attention to and support critical national issues. Both festivals featured a who's who of roots music, from legends including Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson to new stars such as Tyler Childers, Allison Russell, Jason Isbell, and Margo