Eight days away from Denver, the time between home and back filled with I-70, I-35 and I-10, a “getting there” stop at The Backyard in Austin for a balmy night of beer and music with Boz Scaggs, a road trip […]
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From the artwork on their debut CD, Black Top Open Road, to the songs contained within, the romance of the road weighs heavily in the music of Thrillbilly. So it’s fitting that the only time I could find to sit […]
You could see it in his eyes. “Hey, hop in the van, let’s have a shot,” Ryan Adams beckoned, and who was I to argue with that Peter Pan gleam and Pied Piper smile. It was Saturday night of the […]
It happens more or less without warning or fanfare two minutes into the second track of Whiskeytown’s Strangers Almanac album. An old familiar voice glides in and nudges an already spectacular song to an even higher level. “So if the […]
This biography of one of country music’s enduring treasures succeeds on several levels — as a quintessentially American tale of restlessness and ambition, a primer on the birth of the Bakersfield country sound, and, last but decidedly not least, such […]
The road, at night. Thirty miles up in the rare cold black, the ionosphere bounces madness back upon the earth. Waves of amplitude modulation yo-yo from the sky, hop-scotching squares of latitude and longitude. Roll the AM tuner and the […]
This show featured not only the songs of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, but also an exhibit of Jon Langford’s paintings and prints of Wills. Langford, a multi-talented artist and member of the Mekons and the Waco Brothers, assembled […]
For a long time, friends have been saying I should hear Joy Lynn White, a spunky young, underappreciated country diva from Arkansas. I finally did. For an even longer time they’ve been saying I should read High Fidelity, Nick Hornby’s […]
Gary Louris’ tenor lilts and lifts, effortlessly exploring a natural landscape, untethered from its familiar mate. He stands as if at home, singing like he means it, but in some soft way — no strain, no pressure. This just is, […]
In the keen clarity of night, just before descending into dream’s solace — a craving that can no longer be admitted into the busy hours of daylight — there is always time enough to suspect that one has not fulfilled […]
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