It seems like just yesterday that Los Lobos soared out of East L.A. on a hot wind blast of Mexican-American roots music and punk-inspired DIY spirit. The fact that the lineup is the same as it’s been since the get-go […]
It seems like just yesterday that Los Lobos soared out of East L.A. on a hot wind blast of Mexican-American roots music and punk-inspired DIY spirit. The fact that the lineup is the same as it’s been since the get-go […]
By the company you keep. If that’s how we’re judged, consider the lineup on Joe Henry’s latest, Scar. Me’shell Ndegeocello on bass, Marc Ribot on guitar, Brian Blade on drums, Brad Mehldau on piano. Each a monster. Each a bandleader […]
Once upon a time, in what seems now like a land far, far away, there was this magical, wonderful thing called AM Top 40 radio. True Top 40 radio, though its FM version persisted well into the ’80s, saw its […]
Consider the options for a Nashville music fan circa 1981. Country was in its post-Urban Cowboy decline (Alabama’s “Love In The First Degree” and Kenny Rogers’ “I Don’t Need You” were two of the year’s biggest hits). Journey, Styx and […]
Mighty nice of the fine folks at Mammoth to toss us a bone while we wait with increasing impatience for honky-tonk ‘n’ rollers the Backsliders’ full-length debut Throwing Rocks At The Moon, due out in early ’97. Recorded live at […]
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