Hilary Saunders

May felt like it had a lot of twang, as evidenced by new music from bluegrassers like Alison Brown, Béla Fleck, Special Consensus, Marty Stuart, and more. But roots music fans who lean more toward other styles have nothing to fear: Last month also brought folk punk from Dropkick Murphys

The third annual FreshGrass Festival at The Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, started off in the rain. Friday afternoon was not just damp, but soaking as storms rolled through the northwest part of the state. The ground around the No Depression stage even flooded, but intrepid fest-goers made the most of

Legendary guitarist Doc Watson would have turned 100 years old this spring, so it felt right to kick off the Best of the Month playlist with the one and only Dolly Parton honoring him on a tribute record that came out last month. Many other classic roots musicians like the

Paul Janeway, co-founder and exuberant frontman of St. Paul & The Broken Bones, is talking over the birds. As he talks on the phone from his home in Birmingham, Alabama, the birds' songs carry clearly over his own voice. He laughs if off, though, luxuriating in what he calls

The annual FreshGrass Festival — produced by No Depression's nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation — is set to return to North Adams, Massachusetts, Sept. 22-24. The three-day event, which takes place at the sprawling contemporary arts museum MASS MoCA, announced its lineup today with an impressive assemblage of, as the