ALBUM REVIEW: Balsam Range Moves Full Speed Ahead With ‘Kinetic Tone’
Kinetic Tone, Balsam Range’s new album and their 10th with Mountain Home Music Company, delivers the level of added energy the title implies. After 15 years together, the group has made adjustments after the amicable departure of their original mandolin player and vocalist Darren Nicholson, with Alan Bibey of
ALBUM REVIEW: Zach Russell Strikes a Back-Home Tone on ‘Where the Flowers Meet the Dew’
Zach Russell had to break a tired old proverb on his way to making his debut album, Where the Flowers Meet the Dew: He moved out of Nashville seven years into the 10-year town, returning home to eastern Tennessee in 2018. He released his first EP, The Creek, in 2021,
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Cristina Vane and Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Watch Sicilian-American-Guatemalan musician Cristina Vane join forces with the fiddle royalty of Bronwyn Keith-Hynes at Jaan’s House in Nashville during AmericanaFest 2023. We’ve crossed paths with each of these inimitable artists in other dazzling configurations over the years, so we were ecstatic to host a session featuring ’em
THROUGH THE LENS: Six Overlooked Roots Music Releases of 2023
As the year winds down, many of us take time to look back on the year that was, and it was a busy one for roots music releases. This week’s column offers some quick summaries of six titles that got kind of lost in the shuffle. I hope you
FRESH TRACK: Puppets of Castro – 'Extraordinary Things'
An appreciation for the little things. Written as a Father's Day song, or maybe it was Thanksgiving. Or perhaps Bastille Day. The upside of self reflection. Enjoy.
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: Support an Artist’s Work and Get a Custom-Written Song
Crowdfunding campaigns tend to be pretty similar. In addition to the album, common backer perks tend to be things like T-shirts, stickers, hats, and handwritten lyric sheets. But a perk I'm seeing more often recently is a custom written song. The backer is usually able to give an