THROUGH THE LENS: Our Favorite Roots Music Photos of 2023
This week’s column features just a few of the many outstanding photos taken this year by 36 ND photographers. From New York to Australia, the 66 photos in the gallery below are representative of each photographer’s work as well as the many branches of roots music. You will
Steve Martin Banjo Prize Announces 2023 Winners
Two more banjo pickers have joined the prestigious ranks of winners of the Steve Martin Banjo Prize, now in its 13th year.
The winners for 2023 are jazz banjo player Cynthia Sayer and bluegrass “Duke of Drive” Terry Baucom, who passed away last week at the age of 71. Each
FRESH TRACK: Bastards of Soul – 'Try a Little Love' (feat. The Sha La Das)
Give It Right Back, the third and final album from Dallas’ Bastards of Soul, a tribute to their late friend and bandleader Chadwick Murray, is now available everywhere. Listen now on your favorite music service, or get the LP and CD from the band site or your favorite record store.
No Depression Sessions at AMERICANAFEST 2023: Dylan LeBlanc
Watch Louisiana singer-songwriter and onetime Southern vagabond Dylan LeBlanc’s No Depression Session at Jaan’s House in Nashville during AmericanaFest 2023, in which he shares three songs from his new concept album Coyote, out now on ATO Records (ND review).
Both the album and this ND session start
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers Announce New Album, ‘Revelations’
Sarah Shook and the Disarmers have always been about two things: speaking the truth, and doing so loudly. That ethos is on full display in their new album announced today, Revelations.
For Revelations, coming March 29, Shook (who personally goes by River now) took the producer’s chair for the
Billy Strings Releases 38-Minute Jam from 2023 Show
The best way to experience Billy Strings, as hordes of fans filling arenas will attest, is live and in person. But if he’s not playing your city, or if you didn’t snap up tickets quickly enough, you can get a taste with a new live recording released today.