You may know this story: A guy writes good songs. He gets a band together. He plays enough shows to get noticed, gradually gathering momentum. Positive press attention and, at last, label interest make the progress seem inexorable. Milwaukee resident […]
“If you really want to do this right,” says Kevin Kerby, “first you really have to make a lot of money, and then you can do whatever you want. I just cut out the money part.” Mostly what Kerby wants […]
Devising a new beginning amid failure or catastrophe is such a recurrent aspect of the human condition that it’s birthed thousands of axioms and cliches. After all, valor can come from defeat, and a fair measure of a person’s character […]
The inherent lag time involved in magazine deadlines is an ever-present little annoyance, often making moot any concerns about timeliness and frequently requiring rush-jobs on advance deliveries of new releases. Our answer, in part, is to present pieces that are […]
Gerald Duncan and his band the Accelerators have been AWOL for a healthy chunk of the ’90s. “I needed to survive, and continuing that [the music] was not conducive to survival,” is how the 46-year-old Duncan explains it via a […]
“Being so new in the business means every day is a learning experience,” says Nancy Moore. “I’m really just trying to catch up with myself,” she adds, and though it might sound disingenuous coming from many musicians, it’s an almost […]
Meredith Miller feels as if she is standing at a crossroads. Her three albums have established her as an acclaimed artist regionally; last year, she was named Best Female Vocalist at the Dallas Observer Music Awards. She and her band […]
Recently while out for a drive, David Wiffen lost control of his car, took out two sections of fence, dodged five hydro poles and slammed into a 7-foot-high hedge. “I held on to the steering wheel for all I’m worth […]
Dale Watson is as close as there is these days to a pure, old-fashioned country performer. He looks, dresses, sings and writes the part. Hell, he even acts the part, most recently in a new video for Johnny Cash’s “Folsom […]
Accordion master Beau Jocque, who recorded five albums for Rounder during the ’90s with his band the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, died Sept. 10 at his home in Kinder, Louisiana. Born Andrus Espre in 1957, he created a hybrid between traditional zydeco […]
