WRITING
Woody Guthrie’s California, Alta Journal
A newly remastered, unheard album tells of the musician’s West Coast adventures and shares a window into creative process.
SPOTLIGHT: Tami Neilson’s Heart and Life Shine Brightly on ‘Neon Cowgirl’,
No Depression
Kelsey Waldon is A Force
To Be Reckoned With, Bluegrass Situation
ESSAY: Joshua Ray Walker’s ‘Tropicana’ and Music as Refuge,
No Depression
Inside The Entwined Stories of Loose Cattle's LP 'Someone’s Monster’ and Ex-Broadway Show 'Tammy Faye', No Depression
How Dom Flemons Is Preserving American Music Histor
y, One Song at a Time,
Bandcamp Daily
Music, Love, and Manulenjo, No Depression
The ‘Paul’ of Peter, Paul and Mary on music connections, folk music’s enduring appeal, and his new hybrid instrument.
At Thirty, Bowling for Soup’s “Punk Rock Nursery Rhymes” Endure,
Texas Monthly
The Myth of the Musician Middle Class,
No Depression (Print)
The American Dream is harder than ever for roots musicians to reach
On Her Debut Solo Album, MUNA’s Katie Gavin Searches for Connection and Finds It,
Bluegrass Situation
Alaska’s Folk Music Scene Thrives on Community,
Bandcamp Daily
SPOTLIGHT: Kristina Murray’s New LP ‘Little Blue’ Took Seven Years and Is Worth The Wait ,
No Depression
How Queer Country Artists Are Creating Space For Inclusive Stories In The Genre,
Grammy.com
Arkansas Travelers,
No Depression (Print)
Folk music traditions run deep in Arkansas.
Noeline Hofmann's Big Year: The Country Newcomer Recounts Her Journey To 'Purpl
e Gas' & The Opry, Grammy.com
A Deeper Truth,
No Depression (Print)
The writing from Roxy Gordon, the little-known Choctaw poet, musician, and Native American Indian activist (who described himself in those terms), is deliberately unsettling and challenging, and often sharply critical of American culture. At times incongruous, painful, dissonant, and violent, his album Crazy Horse Never Died, first released in 1988, feels intensely and innately of the moment.
The Scrappy Triumphs of the Lost Dog Street Band,
Paste
Come One Come All to Willi Carlisle’s Big Tent,
Saddle Mountain Post
Alta Journal
The remarkable true story of how two best friends in Laramie, WY started a YouTube channel and ended up changing Americana music.
Western-Wear Designer ‘Jukebox Mama’ Paints with Thread,
Craftsmanship Quarterly
Dualities & Disorientation: Olive Klug is Older, Wiser, and Still Feels Like a ‘Lost Dog’, Bluegrass Situation
Cowboys Never Walk When They Can Ride,
Saddle Mountain Post
A Truck Ride with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
Andy Hedges, The Cowboy Folklorist,
Craftsmanship Quarterly
One of Brooklyn’s brighter folk stars is just 18,
Brooklyn Magazine
On His Debut LP, 'This Far South,' Tommy Prine Found His Unique Voice: "I'm Just Tommy, I'm Not John Prine, Jr.",
Grammy.com
Brennen Leigh is Obsessed with the Golden Era of Nashville. She Wants You to be Too,
Wide Open Country
American Theatre Magazine
Morgan McEwen, an ex-Met Opera dancer was tired of the mistreatment and misogyny she encountered in the ballet world, so she started her own company to change it.
*all photos by Meredith Lawrence
Willi Carlisle’s ‘I Won’t Be Afraid’ is Both a Respite from the World and a Mantra with Which to Take it On,
Wide Open Country
Dallas Observer
Across the nation, country music with a more classic sound, often labeled “Americana,” is making a comeback. In Dallas, Texas, the resurgence has been cooking for some time, and is mostly driven by young country musicians.
*Cover photo by Meredith Lawrence
Alta Journal
A subculture with roots on the American frontier thrives today, struggling with, and sometimes embracing, the 21st century world.
*Folio best long-form feature award winner; LA Press club award finalist
Science and Immigration Stories
Befriending Wildfire,
High Country News
A new, beautifully illustrated book re-calibrates our relationship to fire.
These Tiny Succulent Plants Are Being Poached by the Thousands,
Vox
What’s Good for Grass is Good for the Earth,
Alta Journal
Kent Reeves is a leader in a rancher collective fighting climate change and repairing California’s native grasslands using an unlikely tool: cows.
Confronting the long, uneven path to gender-based asylum in the US,
The New Humanitarian
There is no one clear path for women fleeing gender-based violence to get asylum in the US.
Renewable Ranching,
Dallas Observer
In Texas, a father-daughter ranching duo are re-thinking their ranch with the environment in mind.
*All photos by Meredith Lawrence
Dallas Observer
Starting a new life in a foreign country is hard and many refugees feel isolated and struggle to adapt. Dallas-based non-profit Break Bread, Break Borders, a refugee-run catering company gives refugee women practical job skills, a community and a way to share their stories.
*All photos by Meredith Lawrence
Dallas Observer
Stress is killing farmers, but these Texans Keep Plowing Ahead.
*All photos by Meredith Lawrence