THROUGH THE LENS: Southern California Roots Music at the 2026 Stagecoach & BeachLife Festivals
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FOUNDERS KEEPERS: The last word on Slim Dunlap, a Two-Part Glen Hansard Set and More
A two-disc reissue, the first half of a double live album, three fast-rising women singer-songwriters, and possibly the oldest artist ever to release a debut record: This month’s Founders’ Keepers column is a grab-bag of weird stories and musical wonders.
Slim Dunlap — Every Little Word
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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 the most comprehensive
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 Caught: