Eager to escape the pelting rain that had swamped south-central Indiana and Kentucky all day, we entered the wrong door. “You’ve got tickets for Son Volt? You want to go in the other door, to the Thunderdome,” the bouncer said, […]
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More than a few bands from the alt-country nation would do well to listen to Gillian Welch & David Rawlings. For as the Pharisees of old assumed the trappings of righteousness while bearing wickedness in their hearts, so a lot […]
“I have a request from the band; they want to do a Johnny Cash song,” said Damon Bramblett right before launching into an energetic rendition of “Flat Wooden Box”. “I’m not real familiar with his stuff but we’ll see what […]
Ironically, the local paper billed the concert as an opportunity for Kelly Willis “to shine in an evening all her own.” Shine, she did — beaming a contagious smile between songs and filling the night with the warmth and sweetness […]
“We heard the same lonesomeness, soul, hair-raising chill bumps, or whatever you want to call it…” –Alice Gerrard, on her musical bond with Hazel Dickens One side of the flyer for Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard’s reunion tour advertised another […]
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Willie & the Poor Boys was probably the first rock music to sneak into my psyche. It was a reel-to-reel copy which, alongside tapes by Neil Diamond, O.C. Smith and Bread, comprised my father’s music collection. I […]
The spirit of the late Eddy Merle Watson has always pervaded the Wilkesboro, N.C., music festival named and held in his honor, and this spring’s 10th anniversary celebration was certainly no exception. Appropriately enough, the shade of another too-soon-departed musician, […]
In the wake of the departure of co-founder Mark Olson, Minneapolis band the Jayhawks invited a couple of musicians to the recording sessions for Sound Of Lies , which came out in April on American Recordings. Guitarist Kraig Johnson, best […]
BOX (NOT SO) FULL OF LETTERS Nevermind the CMA: Here’s the WWF Dear No Depression, While I am sure that the No Depression staff of fact-checkers works around the clock to make sure that all information in the magazine is […]
Perhaps it would be better if they did pave paradise, if we were left with only a smooth parking lot, torn photographs and faded memories. Or, to quote Robert Frost via S.E. Hinton, “Nothing gold can stay.” Still, even in […]
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