There’s nothing quite like watching people do the thing they’ve spent a lifetime training to do: Winning Wimbledon, dancing lead in Giselle, breaking a 1,000-year-old Viking weightlifting record, cooking dinner in 8 minutes and 37 seconds. Listening to If It […]
I saw and listened to a lot of music in 2018 – a lot. I have a demanding full time job as head of In the Public Interest (check out the link and feel free to sign up.) But music […]
There’s a lot to say in reviews of this week’s batch of new releases. We’ve got a Holler, a Strange Conversation, and a bit of Bad Mouthin’ too. We’ve also got some insights from the artists themselves on those albums. We’ve also got the scoop […]
Amy Ray’s new album Holler is meant to be played loud. Some of the tunes fly right out of their grooves, propelled by raucous, joyous, straight-ahead, guitar-fueled rhythms. Others shout, even amidst their gentle country vibe, about injustice and shake […]
Virginia-based singer/songwriter Amy Henderson has just released an emotionally powerful album of confessional alternative folk, May. In this conversation, she discusses how her artistry has developed. Q: What songs on your album are most personal to you and why? A: […]
Sonia Tetlow’s seen her share of the road. Whether it was pounding the pavement with her Patti Smith-esque punk band STB in the late 90s and early aughts, supporting Cowboy Mouth on bass in the shortly after, leading Herman Put […]
What I know about freedom of expression is that people die for it, and sometimes people die from lack of it. Freedom of expression takes different forms — how you present your body, your art, your words. Each of these […]
Even as the internet pulls citizens of the world closer together, issues push us further apart. At the heart of both matters are the ideas of connectedness and commonality. Whether a community is online or on the ground, the age-old […]
Country Fried Rock’s listeners vote with their visits for our “Best of” lists. Combining podcast downloads with website traffic and run through a factor of the time since the program’s debut, the Magic Math Machine yields our Top 13 of 2014! […]
The difference between the music Amy Ray makes as half of the Indigo Girls and the music she makes on her own isn’t just the difference between acoustic and electric guitar. Cranking the amplifier toughens her stance and streamlines her […]
