THE READING ROOM: Buffalo Rose’s Lucy Clabby on Plays, Poetry, and Playing with Words
Lucy Clabby grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, spending happy summer days reading at her spacious local public library. “They had a great YA section, and on beautiful sunny days, I could stay there all day reading,” she recalls fondly. Her deep love of reading has never left her, and she
Indigo Girls Bring Contradictory Forces Into Harmony on 'Look Long'
Thirty-five years after they started performing together as Indigo Girls in their home state of Georgia, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are finding the power of singing together to be more driving than ever.
The duo’s voices, and the unity and ease between them, are the driving force behind
THROUGH THE LENS: Was 1973 the Greatest Year for Roots Music?
“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” The Sea
Everyone has their year, and many writers have postulated why a certain year was the greatest one for music. I submit that 1973 was that year for roots music. That was the year it came together, the year it
Gretchen Peters on Finding the Songs of Mickey Newbury — And Herself Along the Way
EDITOR’S NOTE: Gretchen Peters’ new album, The Night You Wrote That Song: The Songs of Mickey Newbury, is released today. We asked her to talk about why Newbury resonates so strongly with her, and she decided to address him directly.
Dear Mickey,
When I found you I was a
THROUGH THE LENS: Jacob Blickenstaff's Photography Lends a Hand to Roots Musicians in the Time of Coronavirus
The entire roots music community has been hit hard by the coronavirus: record labels, PR firms, venues, record stores, writers, photographers, publications, and, most of all, the working artists without whom the others wouldn't exist. Even amid the hardship of stalled tours, empty booking calendars, delayed album releases,
Jason Isbell Confronts His Ghosts on ‘Reunions’
Ghosts are not always paranormal phenomena or beings that occupy a higher astral plane that one can choose to believe in or not. Ghosts can sometimes refer to people in our past who may still be very much alive but with whom we’ve lost contact over time. “Reunions” in