THROUGH THE LENS: Overlooked and Neglected Roots Music Releases of 2025
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BONUS TRACKS: A Coda for a Tour Manager and This Week’s Roots Music News
Too often lately, I’ve been writing about artists who have passed — Dolly Parton, Glen Hansard, Cassandra Wilson, and Raul Malo. But I want to dedicate this week’s column to those who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, so that musicians like them and others could perform at their best.
THROUGH THE LENS: California’s Ohana Festival 2026 — “Music & Memories Stay With You Long After the Tide Goes Out”
This week the column travels to the Ohana Festival (September 25-27, 2026) at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California.
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder founded the fest in 2016, which is still held at Doheny Beach where Vedder, a surfing enthusiast, rode his first wave. Proceeds from the
BONUS TRACKS: 39 Bob Dylan CDs, New Anti-ICE Compilation, and More Roots Music News
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings announced a massive new Bob Dylan box set titled The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings due out November 6. Distributed via 39 CDs, the 371 tracks that have never been head on recordings before from 19 shows, mostly across the southern states.
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