Dieselhed is a band that can do anything, so they do everything. “We’re constantly battling the threat of eclecticism,” says Danny Heifetz, drummer, trumpet player, and “flat instrument specialist” for the quintet. Dieselhed’s three albums careen through the whole wide […]
It takes all of two minutes for Gerald Collier to set the mood of his self-titled Revolution debut. In perfect step with the rise-crescendo-and-fall construction that gives “Dark Days” both its barbed hook and its grand sweep, he sings: “You […]
In November 1997, the ever-changing subtitle below the No Depression logo read “The bimonthly for alternative countries”. Well, when it comes to playing country, alternative or not, countries probably don’t come more alternative than Norway. Although Norwegian immigrants took part […]
American Paint is one of those rare bands that arrive, seemingly out of nowhere, with a sound so comfortable you’d think you’d been born listening to it, yet enough twists to knock you off guard each time you think “I’ve […]
For all the stories he could tell — all the adventures he actively sought out or accidentally stumbled upon, all the characters he has known and loved along the way, all the highs and lows flowing through five decades of […]
A friend had told me about the radio station, but I had to see it for myself. That’s why, last December, I was driving through a snowstorm in the Cumberland Mountains. About 40 miles outside Knoxville, Tennessee, I ejected my […]
ON THE RECORD: Allstarmag’s daily e-mail news reports the following information on a couple of tribute albums. Emmylou Harris has recorded a duet of Gram Parsons’ “Sin City” with Beck for a Parsons tribute Harris is executive-producing for the Almo […]
Gratuitous Grammys: Yoakam if you got ’em Now that the most laughable, campy, unlistenable country album of the year has been nominated for a Grammy, it’s time to do what I should have done two months ago: Write a letter […]
Peter thought maybe I should write a few words about Alejandro Escovedo since he’d already assembled, oh, about 8,000 of ’em for this issue’s cover story. And he left out a bunch. All of which makes my feeble efforts here […]
Owen Bradley, Carl Perkins, Cliffie Stone — the recent deaths of these country music giants raise the obvious but vexing question: Who’s gonna fill their shoes? More than just major figures, each of these men stamped their character and vision […]
