You know the old rock crit cliche; we’re all just a bunch of pathetically jealous shut-ins too shit-scared to pick up a guitar, so instead we twaddle our intellect. Hell, in his career-summing phone book A Whore Just Like The […]
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1. Decorated lies Everything that truly matters — music, art, life — finds expression within her extraordinary voice, a bold, slightly husky, thoroughly fearless instrument. The words come impeccably phrased, modestly adorned, smart and direct. And yet, even if Allison […]
One day I looked up and we were five. I have no idea how this happened. One day when I was five I stuck a knitting needle in a wall socket and nearly set my bed on fire, so I […]
I’m spinning a delicate logical thread here, so bear with me. As a reader of No Depression, I assume that you (the reader) and I share a commitment to quality music. Sure, we may disagree about the specifics, but we […]
If nothing else, one must admire the conception of this tour: Four artists of varying degrees of invisibility, sharing backing musicians, playing a month’s worth of free shows, with a local opening act in each city. Naturally, it’s underwritten by […]
You’ve been commissioned to organize Willie Nelson’s annual Texas picnic. What’s the first thing you do? You get the beer. But somewhere in the chain of command, that license was forgotten, and Willie’s 27th picnic — which was to return […]
Geoffrey Himes: No Bragging rights Nice three-paragraph review of the new Billy Bragg/Wilco album in issue #28 [July-Aug. 2000]. Unfortunately, in my copy it was preceded by a page and a half of what I assume was Geoffrey Himes’ rough […]
There have been approximately 111,000 rock ‘n’ roll songs written about 17-year-old girls. Their names are “Michelle”, “Maybellene”, “Sheena”, “Sherry”, “Wendy”, “Amie”, “Carrie-Ann”, “Bernadette”, “Georgy Girl”, “Gloria”, “Little Sister”, and “Ruby Tuesday”. These girls are always pretty and eager for […]
1 Steve Earle, Transcendental Blues (E-Squared/Artemis) 2 Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue Vol. II (Elektra) 3 Neil Young, Silver & Gold (Reprise) 4 Jayhawks, Smile (Columbia) 5 Garcia/Grisman/Rice, The Pizza Tapes (Acoustic Disc) 6 B.B.King/Eric Clapton, Ridin’ With The […]
True to his name, cowboy folk singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott can be a little hard to pin down. So when Aiyana Elliott wanted to spend a little quality time with her dad, she hit upon a novel idea: Why not […]
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