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Meet the Lineup of This Year's Edition of Fort Worth's FWAAMFestMIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
Real Roots Radio, BGS, and Good Country Partner on Women's History SpotlightMIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
Folk Alliance International Brings Musical Alchemy to Kansas CityMIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
You Gotta Hear This: New Music from Caleb Caudle, Zoe Boekbinder, and MoreMIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
ListsJan 22, 2024

Every January and February contain the same complicated emotional cocktail – a hangover from the holidays, a buzz of hope for the future, grief for the year gone by, relief to have moved on, joy in the lack of plans, and perhaps even dread for any winter still to come. Whichever way you slice it,…

MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
ListsJan 22, 2024

Stripping away convention, honing in on narrative, and keeping complex melodies afloat with her ethereal vocals, Sarah Jarosz is a superlative presence in the roots music landscape. The daughter of two schoolteachers hailing from Wimberley, Texas, she began learning to play the mandolin at age 9. By the time she turned 12, Sarah was already…

MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
ListsJan 19, 2024

This week, BGS readers enjoyed track and video premieres from artists like Appalachian up-and-comer Colby T. Helms, jammy bluegrass string band Armchair Boogie, a full album preview from Clay Parker and Jodi James, a tender and heart-wrenching From ONE to Tenn. performance by Jaimee Harris, and many more. Below, you'll find each of our premieres…

MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
ListsJan 19, 2024

On January 6, bluegrass luminaries gathered at the Mother Church itself – the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville – to celebrate what would've been the 100th birthday of a man whose name is synonymous with the genre. On that day just over a week ago, banjo legend Earl Scruggs would have celebrated his centennial, and bluegrass…

MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
ListsJan 12, 2024

(Editor's Note: New for BGS in 2024, each week we'll share a round up of the best premieres, videos, tracks, and releases from the world of roots music. Welcome to our inaugural edition!) 2024 is off to a roaring start, with exciting single and album releases already stacking up at merely two "new music Fridays"…

MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes
MIXTAPE: Liberated Women by Dawn Landes