David Garza has an odd way of expressing his love. On “Litany Of Woe”, the opening track to his self-titled new disc, Garza sings “I love you” over and over when he gets to the chorus. Before he arrives there, […]
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Back when country-rock was viewed as alternative music alt-rock as well as alt-country you wouldnt have thought it would become a conservative staple. But even though thats the niche it now occupies, it can still inspire some vibrant contemporary sounds. […]
The Original Sinners brand of sin is of the wonderfully old-school and mostly innocent variety: This Kansas City band loads the jukebox with quarters, order whatevers cheap, and start telling lies about this or that time you had one too […]
It started when four friends gathered to swap other people’s songs in an old house during the snowy season in western Massachusetts. It led to Winterpills, the self-titled debut from a band that quickly discovered its members had their own […]
Their name comes from a line in Raising Arizona, which suggests a fine pedigree. Less edgy than the Black Keys, less experimental than the White Stripes, Healthy White Baby is arguably the most rooted rock ‘n’ roll combo to emerge […]
Making straight-ahead rock isn’t rocket science. It’s breaking into the lab, mixing the contents of a couple test tubes, and trying not to blow shit up. And it’s the kind of science that singer/songwriter/drummer Terry Anderson has been excelling at […]
When boogie-woogie moved from a black piano style to mainstream American craze in the late 1930s, pianist Freddie Slack became one of its greatest white exponents. From 1939-41, he was integral to the Will Bradley-Ray McKinley Orchestra, the musical force […]
Once one of the surest draws in Austin, Rick Broussards band has been off the scene for almost a decade. Back in the day when hipsters waited in line at places like the Black Cat to catch Broussards flaming guitar […]
John Lilly’s Broken Moon album from 2000 quickly turned the West Virginia singer into the discovery of the year for some traditional and classic country music fans. A subsequent album confirmed his status in the upper echelons of old-time country […]
Soundtracks often suffer from their heavy reliance on a visual context; remove that and you’re left with anything from awkward segues to a schizophrenic mess. But music is at the heart of PBS’ The Appalachians documentary, which may help explain […]
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