POSTED // May 17,2012 - When you stroll through the Living Traditions Festival grounds and hear the array of sounds and smell the culinary crafts ranging from traditional African fare to Turkish grub to South American specialties

POSTED // Jan 26,2012 - Mark Olson says there are only so many songs that can be written before they’ll all be used up. And the co-founder of the Jayhawks is worried people in music-factory towns like Nashville might be penning more than their fair share.

POSTED // Nov 23,2011 - When it comes to college football, there’s little arguing that bigger is better. Schools across the country—a legion of wannabe USCs—are navigating their way into new conference affiliations

POSTED // Nov 1,2011 - Anna and Chris Brozek arrived in Salt Lake City five years ago, moving to town specifically to open Slowtrain music store. In the time since, they’ve expanded their store’s offerings

POSTED // Oct 10,2011 - Well before personal “branding,” multi-platform marketing or “outsider art” had entered the mainstream, John Waters built an empire out of sexual perversion, drugs ...

POSTED // Sep 1,2011 - I think about how fast kids grow up every time I hear something new from Eisley, a group of four Texas siblings and their cousin, whom I first encountered nearly a decade ago at a South by Southwest Music Festival showcase.

POSTED // Aug 17,2011 - It’s nine days from the Salt Lake City Film Festival screening of The Parade, and David Williams is scrambling to finish the score ...

POSTED // Aug 4,2011 - “Cinematic” is one adjective one might use to describe Calexico, the band led by Joey Burns and John Convertino that infuses traditional rock with mariachi horns and a dash of spaghetti-Western pedal-steel.

POSTED // Aug 3,2011 - Talk to most musicians garnering a lot of attention in the media, and they’ll tell you they don’t pay it any mind.

POSTED // Jul 27,2011 - Author, teacher and musician Will Kaufman grew up with Woody Guthrie records, and his family listened to a steady diet of “Woody’s children” ...