“Ladies-n-gennelmen, you heard it right here, ladies-n-gennelmen…” When we first heard the effusive, rambling introduction of the Carpetbaggers that the Minneapolis trio snuck onto their latest release Sin Now … Pray Later, we knew we had to find out where […]
There is no doubt in my mind that Dwight Yoakam is the smoothest crooner in country music today, and that Pete Anderson is one of country’s best guitar players. I’ve been a fan of Yoakam for over 10 years but […]
Some mysteries are best unsolved. So let’s say you’re working at a kinda hip ad agency with one of the supporting cast from Animal House and ten years after he says let’s go see Otis Day & the Knights, and […]
The programmers of the sixth annual Chicago Country Music Festival probably weren’t consciously trying to illustrate the dichotomy between mainstream country and alternative country, but they sure did a fine job of it. On this sweltering Saturday afternoon, there were […]
“You really need to hear this Kevin Gordon tape. I’ll tell him to get in touch with you.” That’s how it started. Scott Esbeck of Los Straitjackets and I were talking about really good music. A couple of days later […]
103 humid degrees of bug-bitten fun: That was the promise held along with this evening’s entertainment on the second night of the annual Dixie Fried Festival, brought to you by your friends at Shangri-La Records. Despite the fact that the […]
Pity Jakob Dylan. It’s probably unfair, but virtually every reference to this prodigal son will include some words about his very major Dad. At Denver’s LoDo Fest on a balmy Saturday night, Jakob and his band, the Wallflowers, showed every […]
Spooky. The Appalachian mountains are pocked with caves: Deep, shallow, public, secret. In the wind and rain you can imagine an anguished Elijah standing at the mouth of his cave, raging against the will of God that so afflicted him […]
It was truly a hot night in Georgia when Jason Ringenberg took the stage at the Star Bar for his first solo performance in over 15 years. With his band, Jason & the Scorchers, Ringenberg contributed to the 1980s emergence […]
Molly Malone’s can be a brutal place to have a gig. Veterans of the tiny stage in this otherwise comfy neighborhood pub in L.A.’s Fairfax district are quick to recommend playing electric, and loud, because unless you’re playing Irish traditionals, […]
