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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When Songs: Ohia performs live, it feels a lot like church. On a four-dog night last February, the front half of the congregation flocked to the Second Story stage front as if to watch a snake-handler and await a healing. […]
It’s a rainy winter night in San Francisco, but all is warm and well inside the Hotel Utah. The long, narrow room spills forth with spirits — both distilled and historical, a sense of decades-old legend and lore looming unspoken […]
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 […]
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 […]
