FRESH TRACK: Bruce Cockburn – 'On a Roll'
O Sun O Moon is Bruce Cockburn's 35th album, adding 12 new songs to his celebrated repertoire. Over 50 years of creating music, Cockburn has had a remarkable journey that has embraced folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while earning high praise as a prolific songwriter, inspired lyricist,
BONUS TRACKS: MTV News Goes Dark, Dolly’s Rock Album, and More
I know none of us ever tuned in to MTV primarily for news, but we certainly knew it was there, a few minutes here and there between videos (videos!) with Kurt Loder (or correspondents like Chris Connelly, Tabitha Soren, Serena Altschul, or Sway) intoning about the latest music news, as
ALBUM REVIEW: Dropkick Murphys Go Back to Woody Guthrie on ‘Okemah Rising’
Last September, Dropkick Murphys released the excellent This Machine Still Kills Fascists (ND review), a set of acoustic songs comprised of unreleased and unused Woody Guthrie lyrics. To be blunt, it ruled.
The recording sessions for This Machine Still Kills Fascists yielded more than one album’s worth of material,
ALBUM REVIEW: Parker Millsap Ponders Connection on ‘Wilderness Within You’
The adage “stop and smell the roses” is a reminder to slow down and enjoy life and the wonders nature provides. But in a society more likely to take an Instagram-ready picture of the rose, does the adage still apply? On Wilderness Within You, Parker Millsap advocates a return to
Nominees Announced for 2023 Americana Honors & Awards
The nominees are in for the Americana Honors & Awards, with some familiar names as well as a few surprises.
Charley Crockett is nominated in each of the three biggest categories — for his album, The Man From Waco (ND review) and its song “I’m Just a Clown” and for
ALBUM REVIEW: Bruce Cockburn On a Roll with ‘O Sun O Moon’
Bruce Cockburn has been a revered musical icon in Canada for more than half a century, but despite being championed by the likes of Jerry Garcia and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and being famously called out by Eddie Van aHHalen as the world’s greatest guitarist, he has never caught