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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
“Oh my God” and an urge to move stageside are common reactions among those seeing Mary Cutrufello for the first time. Already a popular performer at clubs throughout her Texas home, Cutrufello first became known to a wide audience when […]
Horace Kephart isn’t a household name, but his name is in a lot of households. That’s because of Charles Frazier’s epic 1997 novel Cold Mountain — this year’s National Book Award winner, and the Titanic of literary fiction with 1.5 […]
Emmylou Harris’ latest release is a nearly accidental album. “Unplanned” as she puts it, Spyboy — which came out Aug. 11 on Eminent Records — began solely as an attempt to get a really good live-in-concert version of Daniel Lanois’ […]
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