Amos Perrine

It had been nearly six years to the day since I had seen Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in Charlottesville, Virginia, on the initial The Harrow & the Harvest tour, so I was not about to miss this short mini-tour to celebrate the album's release on record.

I have been thinking a lot about John Hartford lately. And the banjo. About how one of the most popular songs of the 20th century ("Gentle on My Mind") was written on the banjo, and its journey to prominence today in roots music. While the instrument's

You've heard the phrase "captive audience." How about captive artists? That's the premise of the Cayamo experience: Take the cream of the crop of Americana talent, both established and bright up-and-comers, put them on a luxury cruise ship and mix in a

When you enter the stage entrance at the Culture Center on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, West Virginia, where Mountain Stage calls home, you pass half a dozen or so poster boards on easels that list the date of every show and the artists who performed

When Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival began in 2001, at the urging of fellow West Virginia native Hazel Dickens, it was called Strictly Bluegrass. But, in 2004, in order to reflect the wider changes in roots music, the word "Hardly" was added. That broadening takes on an added resonance

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.