THROUGH THE LENS: Our Favorite Roots Music Photos of 2025

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Raul Malo, frontman and founder of the genre-crossing roots-rock band The Mavericks passed away on Monday at the age of 60. For the last year and a half, the smooth-voiced tenor battled colon cancer that metastasized into leptomeningeal disease (wherein the cancer spreads into the fluid surrounding the brain and

Lost Highway Records (ND story) announced a 25th anniversary, vinyl gatefold edition of the beloved O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack due out on February 20, 2026. In conjunction with the recently revived label, T Bone Burnett will present a special event honoring the film and its music at the