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 […]
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Following the birth of the last of his eight children in September 1911, J.B. Monroe, a hard-working farmer of Rosine, Kentucky, is reported to have said to his wife, “Malissa, I wouldn’t take a thousand dollars for all of the […]
March 14: Tommy Collins, 69, one of the early exponents of the Bakersfield Sound. Born Leonard Raymond Sipes, Collins recorded for Capitol during the mid-’50s but gave up his career to heed a call to the ministry, only to return […]
I first got to know Kim Webber through a notorious AOL message board which had a little something to do with the name we chose for this magazine. Kim was part of a small contingent from Knoxville who had stumbled […]
Lee Ann Womack: Countrified or compromised? When I first saw the article on Lee Ann Womack [ND #27, May-June ’00], I was nonplussed. Then I saw the byline and thought, well, what can you expect from a guy who doesn’t […]
1 Jimmie Dale Gilmore, One Endless Night (Windcharger/Rounder) 2 Neil Young, Silver & Gold (Reprise) 3 Shelby Lynne, I Am Shelby Lynne (Island) 4 John Prine, In Spite Of Ourselves (Oh Boy) 5 Neko Case & Her Boyfriends, Furnace Room […]
WHO’S WHERE: Though there has, as of yet, been no formal announcement regarding the status (or demise) of Son Volt, leader Jay Farrar is reportedly working on a solo album with New Jersey producer/engineer John Agnello, who has worked with […]
In his book In The Country Of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff maps out a cross-section of Tennessee and Kentucky, including snatches of bordering states, as country music’s most fertile ground, its deep zone of talent and tradition. The island of Cuba, […]
If Belle Starr’s sound were analogous to their horse-thieving, gun-toting, outlaw-loving namesake, you’d might expect one of those Marshall-stacked, power-chord-wielding acts that occupy the darker edges of alternative country. But, to the benefit of better hearing and twangy hooks, that’s […]
Overwhelming Loudon Wainwright isn’t easy, but Carolyn Mark managed it recently at Seattle’s Century Ballroom. “I scared him, I think. I was pretty excited and he was in the dressing room by himself and I’m like, ‘Loudon. Hi. I’m Carolyn. […]
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