Sometimes there’s beauty to be found in the mundane, if you know where to look. The Turnpike Troubadours draw inspiration from their sense of home, and Andrew Bryant ponders the depths – and shallows – of this modern life. If anything […]
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It truly fascinates me that there are music fans and from all over the world who know so much about American roots music. Massimo Ferro is an Italian DJ and writer who reminds us that there is also a lot of great music being […]
‘Tis the season of ghosts and goblins, trips to the pumpkin patch and apple orchard, lots of candy and a reminder to visit your dentist. While some live in a climate without benefit of experiencing the change of seasons, this […]
The titles of a few of the songs on Dori Freeman’s new album, Letters Never Read, could have come straight out of a book of stories by Harry Crews or Flannery O’Connor: “Yonder Comes a Sucker,” “Ern & Zorry’s Sneakin’ […]
In previous years, gigs like this Out On The Weekend sideshow would most likely have taken place at the sadly departed Newtown Social Club in Sydney, so it was nice to see a good-sized venue like Marrickville Bowling Club being […]
Live music has the potential to be any number of things. It can be a pleasant diversion, it can be cathartic, it can be a shared party. And sometimes, with the right artist, it can be transcendent. On the right […]
This is the story of a boy, a banjo, and a career. Carl Jackson, singer-songwriter, Grammy winner, entrepreneur, producer, and musical polymath. It traces its roots to Louisville, Mississippi, where Jackson was born in 1953, through a stint with classic […]
Many independent musicians make their living from a chaotic patchwork of gigs, recording sessions, teaching, and the occasional side job. My parents, both independent musicians and music teachers, taught me by example that it’s possible to make a decent living […]
I don’t love Margo Price simply because she’s saving country music, or because she can mesmerize an audience with a simple sway of the shoulder or scrunch of the nose. I don’t I love her because she’s rejected the industry tropes that […]
Imagine Joni Mitchell, age 9, smoking cigarettes and listening to Claude Debussy records at her Saskatchewan home. Though this prairie girl was pigeonholed into the realm of folk as she was just coming up in the late ’60s, her first […]
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