The last song on Buttercup’s first album, Gold, is a suitable microcosm for what the band seems is about. “That Shirt” backs you into the corner of the ring and just socks you one with a hook that’ll knock you […]
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And the talk of those that wonder And the talk of those that curse Let ’em have their thrill, they’ll need it We’ll be no more for the worse –“Melinda”, James McMurtry James McMurtry is terse to the point of […]
Laurence Leamer doesn’t give up easy. While researching this gossipy country music tell-all, he turned up in Dublin, hoping, somehow, that Emmylou Harris would let him tag along as she and the Hot Band crisscrossed Europe. Amazingly, the reclusive Harris […]
If you’re like me, you’ve got a few pairs of Wrangler jeans somewhere in the bottom of your lowest dresser drawer that rarely see the light of day because they’re just a little too tight to be socially acceptable, or […]
Somebody forgot to tell Jeff Hughes he was supposed to help lead the revolution. When Hughes arrived on the scene in Austin, Texas in 1982 from his native Beaumont, it was as a feckless college student with a license to […]
Michael Eck’s two solo albums reside in a pretty upscale neighborhood in my collection. There’s Steve Earle next door on the left, Joe Ely not much more than a Dave Edmunds and Mark Eitzel away on the right, with Bob […]
Two years ago The Geraldine Fibbers released their major-label debut Lost Somewhere Between The Earth And My Home, an intriguing mix of sonic guitars with traditional bass and violin, topped off by the captivating voice of Carla Bozulich. Since then, […]
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 […]
A funny thing happened on the way to alt-country for 19 Wheels. Formed as a rootsy outfit in 1994, they’ve got the trucker name, a single (“13 Seconds to Burn”) about wantin’ to bust out of prison, and a hellishly […]
English rocker Ronnie Lane, bassist for classic ’60s and ’70s bands the Small Faces and the Faces and also known for his recordings with Slim Chance and The Who’s Pete Townshend, died June 4 in a Colorado hospital at the […]
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