The fourth annual edition of the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival (AKA FWAAMFest) will take place this weekend, on Saturday, March 16, at Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. BGS has been proud to support and sponsor this quickly up-and-coming event over the past few years and 2024's edition of the all-day…
March is Womenâs History Month, and BGS, Good Country, and Real Roots Radio have partnered to highlight a variety of our favorite women in country, bluegrass, and roots music with our Womenâs History Spotlight. Each weekday in March at 11AM Eastern (8AM Pacific) on Real Roots Radio, host Daniel Mullins will be celebrating a powerful…
From February 21 to 25 the global folk music community will descend on Kansas City for Folk Alliance International's 36th annual conference. This year, the event's theme is Alchemy: A Transformative Force, as the non-profit organization puts it: "Showcasing the power of music to provide the change needed in the world." "The power of alchemy…
This week, BGS readers enjoyed two brand new, original sessions â one from Jesper Lindell at Rootsy Summer Fest '23 and the other featuring bluegrass singer-songwriter Theo MacMillan for our latest Yamaha Session. Now, to wrap up the week, we're celebrating new releases from a host of roots musicians like Caleb Caudle, Zoe Boekbinder, Eddie…
Every January and February contain the same complicated emotional cocktail â 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,…
