Hidden away in a remote corner of the Ozark Mountains in north-central Arkansas, the Ozark Folk Center was created in 1973 to preserve and exhibit a way of life that was fading from view. The center features displays on mountain […]
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Only on the morning in January 1991, when he summoned paramedics to their trailer, did William Alan Tipton learn that his adopted father, an all but forgotten jazz musician who had settled in Spokane, Washington, was a woman. Happily, Tipton’s […]
Found: Passion Fodder Editor’s note: in ND #16 (July-Aug. ’98), reader Ron Koperdraad of Toronto, Ontario, wrote to inquire about a band called Passion Fodder, whose lineup included Sixteen Horsepower’s current rhythm section of Pascal Humbert and Jean-Yves Tola. Not […]
As long as this issue’s live-reviews section turned out to be — “20% more than the average ‘Miked’ section!!” — I think Grant and I were most disappointed by the one that didn’t pan out: a Don Williams show on […]
1 Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Mercury) 2 Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue (Elektra) 3 Dave Alvin, Blackjack David (HighTone) 4 John Fogerty, Premonition (Reprise) 5 Lucinda Williams, self-titled (Koch) 6 Bonnie Raitt, Fundamental (Capitol) 7 […]
Sunday, May 24, 1998 I woke up at the crack of dawn — hell, even before the crack of dawn — and headed off to the docks in downtown Seattle to catch the first ferry of the morning (at 5:20am) […]
WHAT’S NOT IN A NAME: On the eve of the scheduled September release of their debut disc for Sire/Watermelon, Austin band the Damnations announced they would change their name because of potential legal conflicts with other existing bands named Damnation, […]
It’s a full July evening in the Twin Cities: The Smashing Pumpkins are hosting a free concert in the heart of downtown Minneapolis; Jack Logan and Bob Kimbell are opening for Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ at the 7th Street Entry; the […]
The rock club buzz falters as jaws drop and eyes fix on the set’s foreplay. A golden-haired Amazon coaxes feedback moans from her upright bass, undulating in her deeply slit evening gown and stiletto heels. The guitarist vamps the microphone […]
Fan Fair ’98: A very pregnant Faith Hill is closing her set with her vapid re-make of Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart”. As she mechanically urges the crowd to get up and boogie, Hill sings the song’s chorus — […]
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