Three Carolina bands (one South, two North) will be up north of the Mason Dixon very soon and each of them recently released new videos worth a watch. Mipso will play the first ever grass […]
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Photos, Video and Notes from SXSW 2014
My day job sent me down to Austin for a good chunk of SXSW, but I managed to catch some great tunes along the way. American Songwriter’s two-day Billy Reid Shindig had the best lineup in town […]
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Bird Added to 2013 Newport Folk Festival Lineup
EDITOR’S NOTE: Check it! I got to write the announcement below on the Newport Folk Festival’s blog to break the news of Andrew Bird’s spot on the bill this summer. Bird’s addition follows Shovels & Rope and The Lone […]
Charleston’s Shovels & Rope Tours with Jonny Corndawg This Spring
Shovels & Rope, the Charleston-based sloppy tonk duo made up of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst, spent most of 2011 on the road. With more than 170 shows across more than 60,000 miles, the […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
Some of this week’s top picks may require some imagination to squeeze them under the folk umbrella, but we know y’all are an imaginative bunch. Two shows of note are back-to-back Beck dates, with the […]
A Guide to NYC’s Outdoor Summer Concerts
It was all too clear on Wednesday night as the swarms of winter-fearing, heat-loving New Yorkers waited in a massive, snake of a line circling Prospect Park: summer is here, even if it isn’t. And […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
After a summer-driven absence, we’re wiping away the cobwebs and updating our calendars once again. There’s a lot to choose from this week, including new Newport guest-alums Toy Soldiers taking over Rockwood Stage 2 to […]
Superlatives: Newport Folk Festival Class of 2013
This year’s class of Newport Folk Fest artists lived up to all the hype … AND our lofty expectations. We thought it only fitting to crown some of the most notable moments and acts with […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
This week is a week of exciting proportions … for a whole pile of reasons. Here’s one: you’ve got the chance to check out a bunch of fantastic up-and-coming artists like John Fullbright and Sam […]
This Week’s Must-See Shows in NYC
It’s a “jam”-packed (see what we did there?!) week this week, with some all-time faves making their way to our little city by the sea. Canada’s country-turned-folk-rocking Kathleen Edwards returns to City Winery on Wednesday, […]
FloydFest 2015: Grass on the Mountain
The Earls of Leicester – Photo by Russ Helgren During the Earls of Leicester set on Sunday afternoon at FloydFest, Jerry Douglas was as blunt as he could be with a crowd of diehard bluegrass […]
Day Two: Jack White Cries in Newport
Jack White’s highly anticipated Newport debut dominated the chatter of Day 2 at the 2014 Newport Folk Festival and drew the largest festival audience that I’ve seen. His twelve-song set featured material spanning his work under […]
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