John Hiatt always sounds like he’s on the verge of hysteria, discovering some hidden truth invisible to the rest of us. With his distinctive voice that hovers between a wildcat yowl and a sinner’s moan, he illuminates his characters in […]
John Hiatt always sounds like he’s on the verge of hysteria, discovering some hidden truth invisible to the rest of us. With his distinctive voice that hovers between a wildcat yowl and a sinner’s moan, he illuminates his characters in […]
When I interviewed Richard Thompson a few years ago, it was generally agreed between us that he doesn’t do fluffy. Love, he suggested, is bitter, hard, and often painful. Why deceive people about it? His songs have mostly reflected this. […]
“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s opening sentence of The Social Contract summarizes his basic belief that humans are innately good; it’s society and our external environment that change us. While written nearly 250 years ago, […]
Artists are constantly being asked about their influences – the other artists that inspired them to write and play music, and the ones they came of age to. Nashville singer-songwriter Andrew Combs is answering that with a tightly curated collection […]
Hearing the self-titled debut album from The Nude Party will have you scratching your head, wondering how a young band could bust out of the gate with such a fully realized sound on their first try. It helps that the […]
This tri-fold, slipcased set combines the previously released 2-CD and DVD editions, remixed and remastered (in 5.1 surround for the DVD), with new liner notes by Austin City Limits producer Terry Lickona. For fans, this is a nice souvenir of […]
This October 1988 date found Yoakam headlining a bill with his hero and mentor, Buck Owens. Yoakam had rescued Owens from self-imposed retirement earlier in the year, and together they topped the chart with a remake of Owens’ “Streets of […]
There is no shortage of live Buck Owens recordings, but nearly all of them date to his record breaking run in the 1960s. Owens was not only a terrific songwriter, guitarist, singer, bandleader and businessman, but a gifted stage performer […]
Like something out of a dreamy folktale, second cousins Kacy & Clayton seem to have been beamed down to us from a hazy summer sky. On the follow up to their 2015 release Strange Country, the duo have crafted one […]
Justin Townes Earle has put a little more pep in his step. Following his heavier companion records Single Mothers (2014) and Absent Fathers (2015), he seems to have found some buoyancy in his new release Kids in the Street. Perhaps […]
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