Ali Holder’s music has been described as a combination of Lucinda Williams and Ryan Adams, and the Austin-based singer-songwriter doesn’t disagree. “I grew up listening to Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson, and they were really my first influences in music,” […]
Just as the music business has moved more toward streaming content from physical media, crowdfunding has also fundamentally changed the musical landscape. It has allowed artists the opportunity to take the cost of album production directly to their fans, skipping […]
It took a long time and a trip out to sea for Steve Earle and Lucinda Williams to finally sit down and have a chat. But being on the first annual Outlaw Country Cruise aboard the Norwegian Pearl, Earle and […]
Ever since I started this column, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to learn the background and inside stories from these invisible radio “artists.” Scott Greenberg, who currently works in Charlotte, North Carolina, has bounced around different stations through the years, always […]
Tradition is lovely on its own, sure, but what makes it really dance and stir is when someone is able to pick it up and make it feel brand new again. That’s what this week’s spotlighted releases have in common, […]
In 1977, Rita Coolidge released her version of Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher” on her album Anytime…Anywhere. Coolidge’s sweet mid-tempo version rings as a testimony to the power of a love that transcends the disappointments […]
“In the magic hour, when the moon is low and the sky’s the kind of blue that you think you know”… As the lady and I ascended the stairs to The Sinclair I have an overwhelming sense of anxious tension […]
On a Saturday night at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, the Logan Theater feels like it’s not showing a screening as much as hosting a film premiere. The official “world premiere” of Who Is Lydia Loveless? took place […]
Today I’ve got several threads running through my brain, and I’m going to throw them into a Yahtzee cup and see what spills out. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. And if the Woodys I’m here to talk to you about […]
It was the first gig after a three-month layoff and Dave and Mandy were— not nervous— let us say, a mite apprehensive. The past months had been spent ferrying supplies from one island to another in the San Juans where […]
