THROUGH THE LENS: Southern California Roots Music at the 2026 Stagecoach & BeachLife Festivals
NO DEPRESSION SESSIONS at Lucinda's: Jade Jackson
We are proud to present this installment of our No Depression Session series in partnership with NYC honky-tonk Lucinda’s and Hiatus Tequila. When Lucinda Williams teamed up with industry lifers Laura McCarthy and Kelley Swindall to create a Southern country bar in NYC’s East Village with a
BONUS TRACKS: New Ma Rainey Box Set, Smithsonian Folkways Blues Collection Reissue, and More Roots Music News
This week was a good one for the blues. A five-CD, 118-track box set of Ma Rainey's work, titled Mother of the Blues, The Complete Paramount Recordings, 1923-1928, will be released on July 24 via Black Swan Records / George H Buck Jazz Foundation. This will
ALBUM REVIEW: Steep Canyon Rangers Tell Stories of Their ‘Next Act’
With the release of Next Act, their 15th studio album, Steep Canyon Rangers display the dynamics of their partnership — one that cannot be reduced to a formula. The album incorporates their compelling songwriting, strong vocals, and instrumentals that, when played live, seem to channel instruments not even present on stage.
THE READING ROOM: Peter Blackstock Revisits Guy Clark's 'Old No. 1'
In November 1975, Guy Clark released his debut album Old No. 1, a now-acknowledged masterpiece, which introduced generations of songwriters to Clark’s spare poetic storytelling.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary, Tamara Saviano, the Creative Manager of Guy Clark LLC and author of 2016’s Without Getting Killed or
ALBUM REVIEW: Thomas Csorba’s Gratifying, ‘Tender Country’ Music
At a time of uncertainty in mainstream country music—and in the nation at large—the arrival of Thomas Csorba’s third solo release, Tender Country, is a welcome return to the traditional country sound once embraced by Nashville. Fittingly, the album cover features Csorba resembling a youthful Don Williams