Amos Perrine

This column has been going full throttle through festival season lately, but it’s time to catch up with other shows ND photographers have been attending. This week’s Through the Lens features photos by 12 photographers in all, but I'd like to single out two: ND’s

Two recent roots music fests in Florida are featured this week: Brandi Carlile's Mothership Weekend (May 10-12) and JJ Grey’s Blackwater Sol Revue (May 25-26). Being namesake festivals, their lineups reflected the unique perspectives their host artists have on roots music. However, both took a similar approach

This week’s column features two festivals at opposite ends of the world that were held over two holiday weekends: Australia’s Byron Bay Bluesfest on Easter weekend and Rooster Walk in Virginia over Memorial Day weekend. Bluesfest has been covered for this column several times by Steve Ford, including

Named for and presided over by the legend himself — Del McCoury — DelFest, first held in 2008, takes over Cumberland, Maryland, during Memorial Day weekend each year. While the festival prides itself on carrying on the McCoury family bluegrass tradition, it also casts a wider net of musical influences that includes

Located on the shores of the Pacific Ocean in Redondo Beach, California, the BeachLife Festival prides itself on extolling the virtues of growing up in Southern California. Besides the relaxed beach lifestyle, there’s the ocean itself: the waves, the wind, the smell, and the wildlife that epitomizes a one-of-a-kind

New Orleans, Louisiana, is not just a city. Its name alone conjures up a scintillating and singular representation of the confluence of French, African, and American cultures. From buskers on what seems to be every street corner in the French Quarter to the parades and street parties of Mardi Gras,