ALBUM REVIEW: Flannery O’Connor Dwells in Songs of Colin Cutler’s ‘Tarwater’
Colin Cutler’s life has many threads: a former Pentecostal Christian, a military veteran, a troubadour who bummed rides across Europe, and a community college instructor, it all leads to one magnificent tapestry of roots music on Tarwater. The album is named for both a Flannery O’Connor character and
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Charlie Mars
Mississippi singer-songwriter Charlie Mars joined us at Jaan’s House in Nashville for his No Depression Session at AmericanaFest 2023, sharing music from his seventh studio album, Times Have Changed, which came out in early October and stems from his experiences after recently moving back to the Mississippi countryside.
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THROUGH THE LENS: Small-Town King Biscuit Blues Festival Packs a Big History
In recent weeks this column has taken us to events all across the country, primarily in larger metropolitan areas such as Nashville, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, San Francisco, and Raleigh, North Carolina, exploring the many of the branches of roots music. This week, ND photographer Boom Baker visits Helena, Arkansas, population
FRESH TRACK: Barbaro – 'One x One'
“One x One” is from About the Winter, a new album by the rising Minneapolis-based roots group Barbaro. The song exemplifies the album’s expansive, atmospheric take on roots music: From a cavernous and minimalistic soundscape, fiddler Rachel Calvert’s ringing voice emerges with a deliberate performance of vulnerability and
FOUNDERS’ KEEPERS: The Judds Tribute, Jon Dee Graham, and More
Perhaps we should reconsider last column's comment about the manufactured consent of celebrity and commerce so as to add a needed caveat, borrowed from a children's book by Lloyd Alexander: The work doesn't care who does it. And the best work, the work which
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Afton Wolfe
Afton Wolfe offered two songs from his upcoming album The Harvest, and a third from Twenty-Three, an EP released last February, during our No Depression Sessions at AmericanaFest 2023, shot at Jaan’s House in Nashville.
This No Depression Session, and the studio recordings found on The Harvest, display the