Sometimes being confronted with a limited number of resources when making an album can be a good thing. Amy Correia is a case in point. Unlike her 2000 full-length debut Carnival Love, which was made with an extravagant budget and […]
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Singers celebrate the human voice. Their lyrics are words. But animated by voice those words are subsumed into sounds….In most songs the drama or tension results from the fact that the singer moves between word (sense) and note (song). At […]
To add to the buzzing anticipation of Golden Smog’s first sighting in New York since 1998, the all-star band scheduled not one but two shows at the intimate Bowery Ballroom. Since the group’s inception in the early ’90s, an impressive […]
Bassist William “Lum” York played in Hank Williams’ Driftin’ Cowboys band during the mid-to-late 1940s. Also known for his comic skills, York performed in Lefty Frizzell’s and Marty Robbins’ bands as well. He died on August 15 at age 85. […]
Under a purple evening sky, Bloodshot Records founders Nan Warshaw and Rob Miller took to the temporary stage that filled the street outside Chicago bar the Hideout. Capping a day-long celebration of their label’s tenth anniversary, the pair thanked a […]
“Maybe the music would have won the war.” — In Country, Bobbie Ann Mason Buddy Miller can feel the migraine coming on, and he keeps apologizing for it. “I’m not a very good interview subject normally, but I’m even worse […]
ROMAN TIMES Back during the comparatively benevolent days of the first Bush’s administration, Camper Van Beethoven never used to like to talk about politics. Then at the height of their popularity (though the band didn’t know it at the time), […]
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, […]
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” […]
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 […]
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