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Q & A

A Q & A with Molly Tuttle
- July 07, 2017
- Kelly McCartney
Ask pretty much anyone over, say, 35 to name the best pickers in roots music and their list would likely include the standards: Bryan Sutton, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, et al.

A Q & A with Tift Merritt
- April 27, 2017
- Kelly McCartney
On her seventh studio album in 15 years, 'Stitch of the World,' singer/songwriter Tift Merritt has churned out another solid set of roots-infused tunes that reach backward, forward, and side to side.

A Q & A with John Craigie
- April 14, 2017
- Kelly McCartney
Singer/songwriter John Craigie grew up in Southern California, which easily explains his breezy, bright folk-rock sensibilities.

A Q & A with Catie Curtis
- February 25, 2017
- Linda Fahey
For her 14th album, 'While We're Here,' singer/songwriter Catie Curtis does a whole bunch of beautiful processing, tilling the soil of life into song.

A Q & A with Courtney Marie Andrews
- December 05, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
When you leave home at 16 to pursue music, there's no denying that it's a calling even more than it is a career.

A Q & A with Dar Williams
- October 07, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
Time marches on, even as music stands still.

A Q & A with Glen Phillips
- October 05, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
Since bursting onto the pop-rock scene some 25 years ago with Toad the Wet Sprocket's third album, fear, Glen Phillips has established himself as one of the most heartfelt songwriters on the folk-rock block.

A Q & A with Sara Watkins
- August 21, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
A lot of roots music lovers have watched Sara Watkins (and her brother Sean) grow up, personally and professionally, over the past couple of decades.

A Q & A with Sarah Jarosz
- July 06, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
The talent that Sarah Jarosz wields is truly something to behold.

A Q & A with Sean Watkins
- July 06, 2016
- Kelly McCartney
Most folks in the roots music world are very familiar with Sean Watkins, if not through his years as one-third of Nickel Creek (alongside Chris Thile and his sister Sara) or his ongoing Watkins Family Hour project, then certainly through his solo records.