Back twenty years ago before the Cherry Bombs decided they were “notorious,” and got together for their recent reunion (and debut) disc, they were a live touring outfit behind Rodney Crowell. So this rare live extravaganza with Crowell, co-leader Vince […]
John Prine had a new one, which is not an everyday occurrence. No one worries too much about the delays, mostly because Prine’s back catalogue is worthy of repeated listening and — for songwriters, at least — deserves years of […]
It’s all naked sun and cloudless skies on Friday, as late-afternoon Texas humidity chokes the air with temperatures in the high 90s. A first-timer in Austin, I’m drenched in sweat and sunburned, walking on at least three blisters before the […]
Atlanta’s Chastain Park is notorious for the crowd’s behavior. It’s a place to see and be seen, to chow down and chat, often with little attention paid to whoever is onstage, artists who end up providing background music for the […]
As my boyhood hero Ernie Banks liked to say, “Let’s play two today!” With co-headliners Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson offering the musical equivalent of a doubleheader, and a warmup set by Hot Club Of Cowtown serving as batting practice, […]
It’s often said that Ray Charles’ great innovation was to sing the blues with the fevered rhythms and fervent vocals of black gospel music. His fusion of juke joint and church on “Hallelujah, I Love Her So”, “What’d I Say” […]
I WANT MY AMERICANA TV: There’s good news and bad news for fans of the Americana music channel on the MUSIC CHOICE cable TV service. At the beginning of July, Music Choice altered its lineup and, citing low Arbitron numbers, […]
It was already at the top end of any even half-considered list of most important television musical broadcasts of the rock ‘n’ roll era. The new “deluxe” 3-DVD release of Elvis Presley’s ’68 Comeback Special from BMG/Graceland can only further […]
We are well aware that few of you come to these pages seeking a dialogue on politics, that we are one of the rare publications fortunate enough to have an audience which holds passionately to diverse views. Even in this, […]
1 Loretta Lynn, Van Lear Rose (Interscope) 2 Wilco, A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch) 3 Los Lobos, The Ride (Hollywood) 4 Los Lonely Boys, self-titled (Or) 5 Modest Mouse, Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic) 6 Jay […]
