Folk Alliance International isn’t your typical music conference. Held this year in New Orleans, days include industry panels, seminars, and public showcases in hotel ballrooms, but the real magic happens late at night when up to 100 hotel rooms transform into intimate “private showcases”—artists who normally fill 500-seat theaters performing for 20 people at a […]
DUG on Rental Cars, Chipotle, and Living Room Rehearsals
Irish-American folk duo Dug talk about the band’s first gig outside a Burger King, powered by a car battery, and the benefit of flat wound guitar strings.


