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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“The sound of the Byrds was a direct result of the finger-picking techniques I learned at the Old Town School of Folk Music.” — Roger McGuinn Entering the vintage building that is home to Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk […]
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 […]
Michael Fracasso is reading Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina in a rustic little Austin coffee shop. He greets me warmly and introduces me to his dog, Fuji, who somehow manages to vanish until we’re through. Michael looks at me with his […]
The check for nine dollars and sixty cents was the last straw. The year was 1949, and up-and-coming country singer, songwriter, and bandleader Hank Thompson was standing on the verge of becoming one of the Grand Ole Opry’s newest stars. […]
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