THROUGH THE LENS: Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday Is Also a Celebration of Roots Music
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June showcases a collection of past glories as well as a new offering from Swamp Dogg, and one that slipped by us from pianist Joe Krown last month. Additionally, Smithsonian Folkways has assembled an impressive blues collection that features well-known blues artists performing material that may be unfamiliar to
BONUS TRACKS: Updates from the FreshGrass Foundation, New Release From Shooter Jennings, Tribute to Buddy Guy, and More Roots Music News
Sierra Hull, awarded Mandolin Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association seven times, has shared a live video of a work commissioned by the FreshGrass Foundation (No Depression's nonprofit publisher) in 2022, recorded at Studio 9, and released as an EP this April. She and
FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Visiting With Iris DeMent’s Sublime ‘The Way I Should’ 30 Years On
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the indispensable Yep Roc imprint has restored to the marketplace a remastered version of Iris DeMent's sole major label release, The Way I Should. It should be…it should be a big hairy deal.
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