FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Sticking to the Music of James McMurtry and Mark Rubin
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BONUS TRACKS: Gigs from Brandi Carlile and Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Updates from Newport Jazz Festival, and More Roots Music News
Just after her smashing performance of "America The Beautiful" with SistaStrings at the Super Bowl, Brandi Carlile announced that she's expanding her “Echoes Through the Canyon” gigs at The Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state. The whole weekend of concerts runs from Friday, May 29 through Sunday,
THE READING ROOM: Jonathan Bernstein’s ‘What You Do When You’re Lonesome: The Authorized Biography of Justin Townes Earle’
The road to literary and musical fame lies littered with the bodies of authors and artists who succumbed to the notion that the path to making great art or music runs through the valleys of suffering, the more torturous the better. On the one hand, the exquisite pain that torments
THROUGH THE LENS: Neil Young Tribute & Dwight Yoakam Benefit Highlight Roots Music During Grammy Awards Weekend
This year's Grammy awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 1, 2026, were an opportune time to highlight some of roots music's finest music and musicians.
On Friday, January 30 at the Roxy Theatre, Dwight Yoakam headlined the first Rockin’ For The Kids