ALBUM REVIEW: Turnpike Troubadours Ride Again, Renewed
Halfway through Turnpike Troubadours’ A Cat in the Rain we meet a cowboy.
He rides among backcountry aspens, lost in thought. He was younger, wilder once, for which he’s paid dearly. “I don’t miss the taste of liquor / or really anything about it, but / The temporary shelter was
Mipso Lets Go of Expectations for ‘Book of Fools’
Just behind the stage at the North Carolina Museum of Art’s amphitheater is a rectangular block of concrete offering a giant inscription to the sky:
TO BE RATHER THAN TO SEEM
It’s North Carolina’s state motto (often rendered in Latin: Esse quam videri), generally attributed to Cicero
ALBUM REVIEW: Old Crow Medicine Show Celebrates Its Own Traditions on ‘Jubilee’
Ketch Secor’s Old Crow Medicine Show started out as a hip retro stringband/bluegrass amalgam, playing traditional music with a reverent irreverence, and/or an irreverent reverence, depending on which side of the holler you were staring down. That was 25 years ago, though, and the band is now
THROUGH THE LENS: Dead & Company, Tyler Childers, and Other Photos of the Week
This week is a hybrid of sorts. Included are photos by 15 ND photographers from three festivals, Red Wings Roots Festival, The Peach Music Festival, and Wind Grass Bluegrass Festival, as well as from concerts by perennial favorites such as Tyler Childers, Jason Isbell, and boygenius. But let's
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: 3 New Projects as Summer Yields to Crowdfunding Season
As the end of summer, and the summer outdoor touring season, heads toward its end, bands begin turning their thoughts toward their next album. As a result, there's an uptick in crowdfunding campaigns this time of year. This week, I’m highlighting projects from two roots music veterans
ALBUM REVIEW: Love in Every Detail of Buck Meek’s Richly Painted ‘Haunted Mountain’
Buck Meek sees love in everything, it seems. On his latest solo outing, Haunted Mountain, it looks like things both eternal and ephemeral, surrounding him like a hypnotic haze. Jewelry, nature, vistas, drawings, clothing — all become more beautiful, it turns out, when you’re in love, and it’s through