Amos Perrine

The Appalachian String Band Festival, in its 27th year, is known around the world as the preemiment event of its kind.  If you listen to NPR, you got a taste of what it's all about when Noah Adams visted last week and did a piece for Morning Edition.

"I'm too old to remember to regret." -- Richie Stearns Trumansburg, New York, sits halfway between two more well-known towns in the Finger Lakes district: Watkins Glen and Ithaca. Like many similarly situated towns, it has become a center for music and other arts. It also

I can no longer call the Nelsonville Music Festival the best kept secret in Southeast Ohio. While it remains modest in size -- and way more comfortable and friendly than some larger festivals -- music aficionados have discovered this laid back, musically diverse festival in the gently rolling hills of

There were many tribute concerts in bars, clubs, and performance halls around the country on May 24, 2016, the diamond anniversary of Bob Dylan's birth. I chose the one that was the second day of a two-night tribute at the Ryman. It was put on by Best Fest,

Legends. It's been a week of legends. Another legend passing, while the stories of three legends -- Hank Williams, Miles Davis, and Chet Baker -- grace the silver screen. Through each, we see what we want to see, feel what we want to feel, and become what we

In the mid-1980s I became immersed in the world of jazz and cabaret -- there were a load of clubs, cafes, and piano bars liberally strewn throughout New York. Within just a ten-minute walk from where I was living in Hell’s Kitchen, there was at least one such place