My one and only encounter with Jolie Holland was the kick-off date for her Fall 2006 tour in support of Springtime Can Kill You. It was Wednesday, Oct. 11, and she was playing Club Cafe in Pittsburgh. I went with […]
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“That was bloody marvelous Rosanne,” shouted a fan from the rear of the auditorium after she’d performed a spine-tingling cover of “Ode to Billie Joe”. That compliment was a perfect summation of the whole evening. Cash and her finely tuned […]
Have you ever noticed that there are things in life that seem to be right up your street but, for one reason or another, you don’t like or even hate? Musically, I have three: Bonnie Raitt, Tom Waits and – yes, […]
In over five years of writing and posting stories here on the No Depression website, there has never been a performer nor a song, nor a topic, that has blocked my ability to sit down and write at will. While […]
A collection of recently released country, Americana, ragtime and folk, plus a few reissues for good measure. The O’s “Outlaw” The Coals “Dirt Road” James Booker “If You’re Lonely (Alternate Take)” Owen Temple “Johnson Grass” Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott […]
At the beginning of April, blues legend B.B. King had what his publicists called “a bad night.” Now 88, B.B. and his band had driven 1,600 miles to the show in St. Louis, Mo. and, on top of the rigors […]
He is a kindred spirit. He’s seen the land from coast to coast. Eastern waters and the western, Pacific shores are familiar to him. So is the music, from the soul songs of Detroit, to the urban blues of New […]
After 35 years of performing, Amy Ray should exhibit some small measure of cynicism, some slight indication that this whole thing is getting old. Nope. Not a chance. Quite the opposite, actually. Her genuine enthusiasm for music and its makers […]
We discover music in many different ways: through reviews in popular magazines, through buzz on the Internet, from our favorite radio station, from late night TV shows, courtesy of mixes that our friends make for us. However, my introduction to […]
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