In 1991, when Leonard Podolak was 16, he wasn’t enamored with folk music. Podolak, the future leader of the Duhks, thought it was OK, but it was his parents’ music, not his. His father Mitch, founder of the Winnipeg Folk […]
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In bluegrass and country music, the sideman is the most essential archetype. As a sideman one learns the craft, shapes a work ethic, and finds a voice. But for most pickers, singers and songwriters, the dream is to become a […]
Eyes closed, Johnny Irion stands at the microphone with his hands in his pockets and croons the same line over and over: “Always…Lookin’ out…Got your back…Always lookin’ out for you.” He’s the only one in the studio who can hear […]
Chris Gaffney is recording his fifth or maybe sixth perfect vocal take of the Dan Penn/Spooner Oldham classic, “It Tears Me Up”. Rasping, gorgeous and heartbreakingly soulful, it’s still not what he’s after. It’s past 10 p.m. on the tenth […]
Hayes Carll is only on the cusp of a promising career, but he’s already left a noticeable impression on friends and admirers in high places. And they’re never short on praise for the young songwriter. “I really respect him,” says […]
Every time Rev. Russell Rathbun delivers a sermon to his House of Mercy congregation in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota, he leaves them with stories, thoughts and ideas to ponder. Sometimes his words are enough to get you through a tough […]
“Nashville, Tennessee was my place, man! I had every country record you could name then; I used to listen to the Grand Ole Opry. That was my music; I’m not kiddin’ you — just night and day.” Hubert Sumlin This […]
It’s been nine years since Jake La Botz, having followed the highway west until it ran out at the Pacific Ocean, decided that was as good a reason as any to settle in Los Angeles. But his music doesn’t have […]
“I’ve kind of rambled around every corner of America, and I still love doing it….I live on the road a lot, and observe a lot, and that’s what I like to write about. I want that to be my songwriting […]
“What I’m most interested in, from any record I listen to, is hearing a moment. A moment when, ‘Is there something real that’s going on here? Is someone experiencing something and translating that?’” John Doe In 1980, the band X […]
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