THROUGH THE LENS: Southern California Roots Music at the 2026 Stagecoach & BeachLife Festivals
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THROUGH THE LENS: From Australia to Pennsylvania, Five Festivals Offered a Variety of Ways to Explore Roots Music
This week’s column presents five roots music fests that, for a variety of reasons, slipped through the cracks during past few months. Together, they represent the many different aspects of roots music, from their line-ups to their respective locales.
In chronological order those festivals are: 1) Blue Mountains
BONUS TRACKS: New Music From Alabama Shakes, Mary Gauthier, Rhiannon Giddens, A Dolly Parton Musical, and More Roots Music News
Bonus Tracks is back with a double dose of roots music news after taking last Friday off for America's 250th birthday. (Through The Lens columnist Amos Perrine's column about roots music in America is required reading on that topic.)
After more than a decade, roots-rock-
