Without Scotty Moore, Lee Rocker would be just another charismatic former Stray Cat fronting a crackerjack band with a penchant for uptempo nostalgia. But with the 70-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in the group, the 40-year-old Rocker is […]
At 60 people, it wasn’t exactly standing room only (but then it was a Tuesday night). The Black Sheep Inn is a good half-hour drive from Ottawa into the Gatineau Hills. It was do or die in the Ottawa Senators’ […]
There’s something about memory that does not love a festival. Could be the four days of 90-degree heat, or the inevitable intestinal slurry of sticked sausage and funnel cake and plastic-cupped $4 Budweiser, or the option-fatigue of negotiating 100-plus acts […]
“The passionate predilections of the fan contend with the wary skepticism of the scholar,” Bill C. Malone notes near the end of his important new volume, Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’: Country Music And The Southern Working Class. That tension […]
“I’m just me, really. I don’t put anybody on in no way. Because I’m a man, you know. I’m very human…as far as an image is concerned, it’s in the minds of the people. There’s none in my mind, except […]
TOGETHER AND APART: “Say You’ll Be Mine”, a new song co-written by MARK OLSON and his former Jayhawks bandmate GARY LOURIS, will be included on Olson’s next Creekdippers album December’s Child, due July 23 on Dualtone. Olson’s wife and Creekdippers […]
The low-budget film industry has periodically tried to exploit country music’s popularity, with modest success. Surviving examples make for kitsch period pieces, but also offer a rare chance to see live performances. Though Waylon Jennings would rise to superstardom in […]
Kasey Chambers: A view from the homeland As an Australian (and a strong supporter of Kasey Chambers and “Australiana” cum Australian folk/country), I read with great interest your lengthy cover story on her [ND #37, Jan.-Feb. 2002]. Some of your […]
1 Various Artists, O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (Mercury/Lost Highway) 2 Alison Krauss & Union Station, New Favorite (Rounder) 3 Kasey Chambers, Barricades And Brickwalls (Warner Bros.) 4 Ryan Adams, Gold (Lost Highway) 5 Bob Dylan, Love And Theft […]
Every couple of years or so, a singer-songwriter comes to Austin and sets the town’s music scene on its ear. The release of Caroline Herring’s debut, Twilight, in late 2001 kicked up a lot of dust and led to her […]
