ALBUM REVIEW: Eilen Jewell Drives Forward with ‘Get Behind the Wheel’
Whether forging original work, including on her stellar 2006 debut, 2011’s Queen of the Minor Key, and 2015’s Sundown Over Ghost Town, or offering cogent interpretations as with 2010’s Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn and 2017’s Down Hearted Blues, Eilen Jewell has consistently asserted
THROUGH THE LENS: A Soggy MerleFest 2023 Delivered Roots Music and a Rainbow
Just as Doc Watson drew upon a variety of sources for his music, MerleFest bills itself as a “traditional plus” festival. This certainly was evident at this year’s edition that celebrated Doc’s 100th birthday as well as the festival's own 35th. Tradition was well served, as
Billy Strings and Willie Nelson Roll Together on ‘California Sober’
There comes a day when it’s time to walk away from the bar and quit your good-timing ways. Willie Nelson and Billy Strings are here to be our guides into clean living as they go sober in a new single together. California sober, that is.
“California Sober” is Strings’
In the Deep End With Bruce Robison and The Next Waltz’s Willie Nelson Tribute
When Willie Nelson has a birthday, it’s always cause for celebration.
As the revered singer-songwriter marks his 90th birthday this week, homegrown Texas record label and recording studio The Next Waltz has released One Night in Texas: The Next Waltz’s Tribute to the Red Headed Stranger, a collection
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway Roll Full Speed into New Album, ‘City of Gold’
Riding a wave of big buzz and bigger awards, bluegrass breakout Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, are keeping things going with a new album.
City of Gold, out July 21 on Nonesuch Records, follows last year’s Crooked Tree (ND review), which won Best Bluegrass Album at the
ALBUM REVIEW: Observations Shimmer on Mya Byrne’s ‘Rhinestone Tomboy’
In an interview published last year in The Advocate, Mya Byrne spoke about how coming out as trans has impacted her music: “When people come out, not only is it a political act, it’s also modeling for other people what they can be. So, for me, what really changed