As an American icon with a sizable following and, not incidentally, his own record label, John Prine doubtless receives more than his share of unsolicited music from sound-alikes, wannabes and addle-pated fans. Predictably, the bulk of such unbidden offerings tends […]
Corey Harris’ most recent public appearance probably reached the broadest audience he’s ever had. As our guide on journeys to meet music makers of the Mississippi Delta and West Africa in Martin Scorsese’s “Feel Like Going home” episode of the […]
I Can’t Stop is Al Green’s first album with producer Willie Mitchell, his collaborator on a dozen or so epochal hits for Hi Records in the ’70s, since the two made He Is The Light together in 1986. Their latest […]
PETER BLACKSTOCK WRITES: If No Depression continues to qualify alt-country simply as whatever that is, then the decisions about what records belonged in our inaugural year-end poll were best left to the writers who contributed most frequently to our pages […]
1 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost Highway) 2 Emmylou Harris, Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch) 3 Lyle Lovett, My Baby Don’t Tolerate (Curb/Lost Highway) 4 Warren Zevon, The Wind (Artemis) 5 My Morning Jacket, It Still Moves […]
Warren Zevon: Mr. Bad Example Thank you Lloyd Sachs for your look back/memorial to Warren Zevon [Farther Along, ND #48, Nov.-Dec. 2003]. He has always been a part of my musical life, just outside of the mainstream, and just twisted […]
As we were winding this issue to a close, I got a call one afternoon from Van Alston, who was cruising through my old Texas Hill Country stomping grounds on his way to visit Alejandro Escovedo. This was just a […]
Bio documentaries come and go, but there’s a new DVD just out that’s special, and it focuses on a unique performer and writer. Roger Miller: King Of The Road (White Star DVD) contains enough performance footage from the 1960s through […]
CASH CARRIES ON: The late Johnny Cash continues to hold a powerful presence in American popular culture. At the CMA Awards on November 5, Cash’s American IV: The Man Comes Around was named album of the year; he also won […]
Jack Emerson, the pioneer, pillar, and international exporter of Nashville’s rock ‘n’ roll/Americana community, passed on to his reward at his home November 22, 2003. Emerson, who died of a heart attack at age 43, leaves behind a legacy far […]
