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Gay Traditions: Talking with Stepdancer and Trad Singer Nic Gareiss

Gay Traditions: Talking with Stepdancer and Trad Singer Nic Gareiss

I’m deeply ashamed to say that I’ve been sitting on this article for a long time. Maybe half a year or more, and mainly because of its title. That’s a strange thing to worry about, I know, but I was torn between wanting to simply present the

The New Young Fogies: Documenting a New Generation of Old-Time

The New Young Fogies: Documenting a New Generation of Old-Time

Released a few months ago, The New Young Fogies, vol. 1, is a compilation album of field recordings from a new generation of Appalachian old-time players. It's also a pure delight. About time someone took it on themselves to document some of the younger old-time musicians in the

Inside the Songs: Rayna Gellert's Journey Into Memory

Inside the Songs: Rayna Gellert's Journey Into Memory

Rayna Gellert is perhaps best known as the fiddler for firebrand alt-old-time band Uncle Earl, and though her old-time fiddling is truly wonderful, with her new album, Old Light: Songs from My Childhood & Other Gone Worlds, she's turning over a new leaf as a singer and songwriter.

Inside the Songs: Creative Writing with Jeffrey Martin

Inside the Songs: Creative Writing with Jeffrey Martin

As a music writer, I get a fair amount of album submissions from hopeful musicians. I listen to them all, or as many as I can, but honestly these days most of my musical finds come from my own research or from friends. That said, every now and then and

The Dardanelles Return with more Newfoundland Roots Music

The Dardanelles Return with more Newfoundland Roots Music

We've written about young Newfoundland trad band The Dardanelles before. They were first one of our favorite finds of the 2011 Folk Alliance Conference, then we wrote about the amazing solo album that lead singer Matthew Byrne released. Now they're back with a new album, The

CD Review: The Hunger Games Goes Deep into Appalachian Americana

CD Review: The Hunger Games Goes Deep into Appalachian Americana

Looks like we're the first on No Depression to review the new soundtrack to the hit Hollywood movie, The Hunger Games. Sure, we've all been hearing about it, especially the much ballyhooed Taylor Swift/Civil Wars collaboration and the production by Americana icon T-Bone Burnett, but

Inside the Songs: John Doyle and the Irish Experience

Irish guitarist, singer, and songwriter John Doyle is one of the foremost traditional musicians of his generation. He first made his name as the guitarist for the much-loved ensemble Solas, where his particularly percussive style of guitar became one of the prime inspirations for other Irish guitarists, and gave rise