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THROUGH THE LENS: Changes in the Air at Stagecoach and High Water Festivals
This week the column again reports from two roots festivals held last month in opposite ends of the country — Stagecoach Festival in Indio, California (April 25-27, 2025) and High Water Festival in North Charleston, South Carolina (April 26-27, 2025).
High Water took place at the town’s Riverfront Park which,
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS: Wyatt Flores at MerleFest
No Depression set up the "studio" at the 37th annual MerleFest for a dozen sessions with legends and legends-in-the-making. The festival was founded in 1988 in memory of Doc Watson’s son Merle, and features “traditional plus” music, meaning a broad range of styles from the sweet falsetto
THE READING ROOM: In 'The Lost Voice: A Memoir' Greta Morgan Loses her Voice, and Finds It Again
Greta Morgan’s quiet elegance grows from her embrace of her vulnerability and ability to open herself to pain and renewal. Her incandescent voice fills 'The Lost Voice' with a radiant beauty.
ALBUM REVIEW: Little Feat ‘Strike Up The Band’ Excellently
Even though 'Strike Up the Band’s' thirteen cuts are all new originals, Little Feat haunts itself with ghosts of its long-running essence, a funk-stained radiance that cuts across all musical borders to resurrect and revitalize their ongoing journey.
ALBUM REVIEW: Sterling Drake's 'The Shape I'm In' is A Staggering Debut
On 'The Shape I'm In,' Sterling Drake pays tribute both to musical forebears such as Willie Nelson, Lead Belly, and Townes Van Zandt, and invites comparison to modern country and folk music’s best young songwriters, including Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, Sierra Ferrell, and Willi Carlisle.