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Amos Perrine

THROUGH THE LENS: Outlaw Country Cruise 2022 Delivers Memorable Moments at Sea

THROUGH THE LENS: Outlaw Country Cruise 2022 Delivers Memorable Moments at Sea

The sixth edition of the Outlaw Country Cruise set sail on Feb. 25 out of Miami for a one-week, self-contained roots music fest in the Caribbean. With stops in Costa Maya, Mexico, and Harvest Caye, Belize, Sixthman and Renegade Circus, with Sirius XM Outlaw Country, crushed it with a who’

THROUGH THE LENS: Why Vinyl? The Roots Music Lover’s Guide to Analog, Part 3

THROUGH THE LENS: Why Vinyl? The Roots Music Lover’s Guide to Analog, Part 3

EDITOR'S NOTE: Find earlier installments of Through the Lens' "Why Vinyl?" series here: Part 1, Part 2 A lot has happened since this column last reported on the vinyl renaissance, about a year ago: Vinyl sales doubled in the first half of 2021 and sales

THROUGH THE LENS:Start the New Year Right With These Exciting New Roots Music Releases

THROUGH THE LENS:Start the New Year Right With These Exciting New Roots Music Releases

With 2021 under our belts, and all those best-of-the-year lists in the rearview mirror, it’s time to turn our attention to what the new year holds. Below are initial impressions of four new releases that I’m enamored with. Hopefully, you’ll be enticed into checking them out, as

THROUGH THE LENS: 2021 in Review – The Best of Everything

THROUGH THE LENS: 2021 in Review – The Best of Everything

With the uncertainty of COVID-19 and its variants as a backdrop, how could there be good news in 2021? The good news is the year was an outstanding one for roots music releases. So many that one article, let alone one list, cannot do them full justice. But this intrepid

THROUGH THE LENS: Four Notable Year-End Roots Music Releases

THROUGH THE LENS: Four Notable Year-End Roots Music Releases

As I was finishing last week's column on overlooked albums, I became aware of some releases, just out or about to be released, that I found intriguing. As the December Through the Lens columns will be devoted to various "bests" of the year, this is my

THROUGH THE LENS: Women Leading the Way in Roots Music

THROUGH THE LENS: Women Leading the Way in Roots Music

For weeks now I have champing at the bit to return to a favorite theme of mine and of readers of this column: photos of the week. Upon reviewing who the ND photographers had been catching in concert recently, an overwhelming majority of those artists were women. And it was

THROUGH THE LENS: Crossing the Country to See Steve Earle & The Dukes at the Ryman

THROUGH THE LENS: Crossing the Country to See Steve Earle & The Dukes at the Ryman

Have you ever wanted to make a cross-country trip to catch one of your favorite legends in concert? While not many of us have, that's exactly what regular Through the Lens contributor Peter Dervin did last week. Peter (and his camera) traveled from Seattle to Nashville to see