Amos Perrine

Could two festivals, Moon Crush Pink Moon at Miramar Beach, Florida, and High Water in Charleston, South Carolina, be models for future fests? As this column reported last year, the former bills itself as a “connected music vacation” next to the Gulf of Mexico. The music does not begin until

MerleFest was founded in 1988 in memory of Eddy Merle Watson, Doc Watson’s son who died in a tractor accident. Doc himself called the festival a celebration of “traditional plus” music: roots-oriented sounds of the Appalachian region, including bluegrass and old-time music, that has more recently expanded to include

Ninety-seven artists are scheduled to perform across 12 stages at this year's MerleFest, held April 25-28 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The 17 artists highlighted below are, with a couple notable exceptions, ones that regular MerleFest-goers may not be that familiar with.

This week's column features two fests, the Treefort Music Fest (March 20-24) and the Suwannee Spring Reunion (March 21-24) held at opposite ends of the country: Treefort in Boise, Idaho, and Suwannee in Live Oak, Florida. Longtime Lens contributor Peter Dervin reports on Treefort via photos and words,

With SXSW and Luck Reunion both on the calendar, the roots and indie music world headquarters is in and around Austin, Texas, for the month of March. You might think of those two events as the yin and yang of roots music festivals. While there is some overlap in their

This week’s column focuses on two festivals featuring world music of different sorts. First, WOMADelaide, March 8-11 in Australia, offered roots music from a variety of countries, including Ukraine, Brazil, Nigeria, and Tunisia. Second, Flogging Molly’s two-day Shamrock Rebellion, March 16 in California and on St. Patrick'