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JOURNAL EXCERPT: Five Festival Veterans Explain the Magic of MerleFest

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Five Festival Veterans Explain the Magic of MerleFest

EDITOR’S NOTE: As MerleFest gets rolling this week in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, we thought we’d share part of this story from our Spring 2022 “General Admission” journal about its history and why it’s so important to the performers who come back year after year. To read the

Founding Member Woody Platt Leaving Steep Canyon Rangers

Founding Member Woody Platt Leaving Steep Canyon Rangers

Western North Carolina-based modern bluegrassers Steep Canyon Rangers announced today that singer, guitarist, and songwriter Woody Platt is leaving the band after 23 years. The moves comes from a desire to step away from touring and stay closer to home, according to a press release from the band’s label,

Liz Beebe’s ‘Songscape’ Pairs Creativity and Conservation [VIDEO]

Liz Beebe’s ‘Songscape’ Pairs Creativity and Conservation [VIDEO]

Last summer, singer-songwriter and Dustbowl Revival alum Liz Beebe spent a few days on the Green River, floating and paddling her way from just below Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah to Echo Park in Colorado. She wasn’t alone. Accompanying her was a creative team from Sustain Music & Nature

BONUS TRACKS: Dave Alvin’s Private Cancer Struggle, The Return of Turnpike Troubadours, and More

BONUS TRACKS: Dave Alvin’s Private Cancer Struggle, The Return of Turnpike Troubadours, and More

Just as the COVID-19 pandemic was settling in, Dave Alvin was dealing with a much more personal health crisis. In January 2020, the singer-songwriter and Blasters co-founder was hospitalized for more than a week with a sepsis infection. Then just a few months later, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer,

ALBUM REVIEW: The Honey Dewdrops Mine Moments of Humanity on ‘Light Behind Light’

ALBUM REVIEW: The Honey Dewdrops Mine Moments of Humanity on ‘Light Behind Light’

Whether they’re telling a life story or zooming in on a single moment, The Honey Dewdrops have a way of filling their songs with humanity, using their beautiful playing and harmonies to emphasize what connects us all. On Light Behind Light, the seventh album from Baltimore-based Kagey Parrish and

Watchhouse’s Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz Hit by Car While Walking in Iowa City

Watchhouse’s Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz Hit by Car While Walking in Iowa City

The band Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) suffered an unexpected bump — literally — on their tour last night in Iowa City. According to a post on the band’s verified social media accounts, Andrew Marlin and his wife Emily Frantz were crossing the street at a crosswalk when they were hit by

Western Centuries, Donna the Buffalo Founding Member Jim Miller Dies on Tour

Western Centuries, Donna the Buffalo Founding Member Jim Miller Dies on Tour

Jim Miller, part of the roots music trio Western Centuries and a founding member of Donna the Buffalo, died last week from cardiac arrest while on tour in Boston. “We’re all absolutely heartbroken and speechless right now,” Western Centuries posted on its social media channels Friday. “Jim was family,