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John Hammond has died at the age of 83. News of the blues guitarist and singer’s death was confirmed on Sunday, March 1, in a Facebook post from fellow musician Paul Smith. PEOPLE reported that the cause of death was cardiac arrest. “Marla Hammond called me yesterday with the heartbreaking news that my dear friend John Hammond […]
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Megan Moroney revealed the two artists she’d most like to collaborate with in the near future.
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It looks like the Robertson family is continuing to expand. The clan at the center of the beloved reality show Duck Dynasty just branched out by adding two twin girls to its family tree. Sylvie and Francie were born on Feb. 24 to John Luke Robertson and his wife, Mary Kate, who now have five children. Willie and […]
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Koe Wetzel has revealed the story behind the arrest that led to the release of his popular song “February 28th, 2016”.
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The Brook & The Bluff “Werewolf” The Nashville-based band The Brook & The Bluff are back, and they clearly intend to be heard. Their new album Werewolf, releasing on March 6 on Dualtone Music Group, arrives on a label well known to Americana and indie rock listeners for quality music. Although rock has always been […]
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For the shortest month of the year, February was still chock-full of great new roots music. Spotlight artist Big Richard blessed No Depression with a brilliant essay on where the get the audacity to be one of the most ferocious and funny bluegrassers around and Nashville-via-New Zealand fiddler George Jackson
For its 33rd edition, the Wintergrass Festival (February 19-22, 2026 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bellevue, Washington) pulled out all the stops to celebrate traditional roots music and its evolution.
The fest’s self-proclaimed theme was “Rad Trad! Listen, Learn, Belong.” With performances by
This week on Folk Alley, as Black History Month winds down and we look ahead to Women’s History Month in March, we celebrate the contributions of amazing Black women of folk, roots, and Americana – both historical and contemporary. Hear music from Bessie Jones, Odetta, Etta Baker, Joan Armatrading, Tracy Chapman, Allison Russell, Sunny War, Yasmin Williams, Valerie June, Miko Marks, and more.
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Check out this week’s best new folk, roots, and Americana music in rotation at Folk Alley!
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