1997

At this juncture of Lucinda Williams’ career concerts afford not only a chance to hear her perform old favorites, but also the only chance to hear what she’s been up to since she released her last album five years ago. […]

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Perhaps it was the intoxicating effects of the laughing gas, or maybe the tour bus has carbon monoxide buildup, but Loretta Lynn seemed punchy, even recklessly zany at her second of two sold-out shows at the Little Nashville Opry. “My […]

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Five years ago, Billy Dankert’s decision to exchange his life as a rock ‘n’ roll drummer for a higher education effectively ended the run of one of Minneapolis’ best bands, the Gear Daddies. But now, even as he follows the […]

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Although Santa Fe, N.M. is not renowned for having a thriving music scene, one weekend every August the town becomes the world capital of Native American music. In recent years, as an adjunct to the annual Indian Market (the biggest […]

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It was obvious from the start of Kim Richey’s half of this double bill that this would be a friendly, family affair. Richey and her band had been on this same stage only four months prior, opening for Junior Brown, […]

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While the real world is tough on outsiders, they’ll always be welcomed in the land of thinking-person’s music. Toronto troubadour Ron Sexsmith has perfected the outside-looking-in perspective; stuck in my head is an image from “Pretty Little Cemetery” off his […]

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Former Byrds leader Roger McGuinn billed this concert as a “one-man play” based on his 1996 CD Live From Mars, which features a collection of live recordings that chronicle his career up to the dissolution of the Byrds in 1972. […]

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