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....
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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...
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...
THROUGH THE LENS: Martha Spencer on Love and Endurance in the Time of Coronavirus
"Born in the mountains / Fifty years ago / I traveled the hills and valleys / Through the rain and...
Root Music Report: Music is More Than An Auditory Experience
“Optical Music Recognition is key problem. Many people face it while coding music sheet of western music. In digital...
THROUGH THE LENS: Seven Overlooked Roots Albums of 2019
With every music writer busy at work compiling lists for year-end reviews, on this last Tuesday in November before that...
