A voice of truth rings loud and clear A voice
Following the killing of George Floyd and the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement, we’ve experienced a reckoning on...
Music
THROUGH THE LENS: Ruthie Foster, Gretchen Peters and Other Outstanding Upcoming Roots Music Releases
Roots Music Releases Ruthie Foster - Photo by Jim Brock I don’t know about you but I always get exited...
Pete Yorn’s new music video is ‘out-of-this-world!’ (Exclusive premiere)
Greetings from Groundhog Day. There are some benefits to this quarantine life, assuming we and our loved ones stay healthy....
EASY ED’S BROADSIDE: Will Music Disappear Without a Trace
The old Trace movie theater, refurbished (at least inside) into the Westside Theatre nightclub and meeting place in Port Gibson,...
CROWDFUNDING RADAR: How Artists Are Using Patreon Amid Pandemic
As the COVID-19 quarantine continues to keep musicians and fans homebound, artists are looking for alternative ways to keep their...
Sean and Sara Watkins on Songwriting and Surviving as Brother and Sister
The cover of Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins’ new Watkins Family Hour album, brother sister, shows the siblings in a fit...
Five Strong Roots Albums By Five Strong Women
Lucinda Williams - Photo by Larry John Fowler The great thing about recorded music, especially in these self-isolating, stay-at-home, quarantined...
ARTISTS AT WORK “Living Wages For Living Artist COVID-19 pandemic
“Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life...
EASY ED’S BROADSIDE Musically Distanced from A to Z
Perhaps if my kids were a few years younger they might be asking their old man if he’s ever seen...
THE READING ROOM: Books to Help Keep Music on Our Minds
Back in 1994, Laurie Garrett, the health and science reporter for Newsday, wrote a book titled The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases...
