In this new collection, writer Colin Escott proves again that he has impeccable taste, a world-class record collection, and a fascination with the behind-the-scenes artistic choices and business dealings that, sometimes, transform mere records into hits. If Roadkill On The […]
“The dancing stops, but the music goes on.” In the deepest blue of night, in the wee hours of September 29th, Mickey Newbury drifted off to dream at his home in rural Oregon, and never came back. His passing was […]
For a guy who grew up in the hometown of Elvis, was washed in the Blood of the Lamb, went six rounds with Roberto Duran, received pointers from Howard Finster, made three sterling discs of gospel-fueled R&B and southern countrified […]
Two weeks before his father died, John Farrar, the eldest son of James Paul Farrar, asked the question every son one day will face. “What should we do, Pops?” His father had been diagnosed with cancer over a year ago; […]
“Where have all the flowers gone?” — Pete Seeger “How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man?” — Bob Dylan “What can a poor boy do, ‘cept sing for a rock ‘n’ roll band?” […]
There are fans of the mid-’90s Kansas City avant-garde math-rock band Giant’s Chair who remember its guitar player and leader Scott Hobart driving around town in a statement-making “art car” — a ’67 Plymouth Belvedere with its hood covered in […]
The year is 1965, and you’ve just dropped your last quarter in the jukebox nestled in the corner of your local honky-tonk tavern. First comes the twangin’ guitar lope of “Makin’ It Up As I Go”, the tale of a […]
It does no good pretending that the community which meets among these pages shares a political perspective. We don’t, and if this is one of the rare places in American culture where liberals and conservatives plow common ground, so much […]
At 21, Thea Gilmore already has released three albums. But Rules For Jokers is the British singer-songwriter’s U.S. debut (released in September on Compass Records), and the disc arrives accompanied by the obligatory folder full of hyperbolic U.K. press clippings. […]
Given the uncertainties of the music business, it’s wise for a singer-songwriter to have something to fall back on. Though Kimmie Rhodes began singing at the age of 6 in her family’s gospel trio, she never dreamed of making her […]
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