In June of 2014, ISIS magazine published an article by Tara Zuk. The article uses the information from her compilations on this website, and condenses it into a brief overview of Bob Dylan’s fascination with cars and motorcycles. Read the complete article […]
We’ve got ourselves a new editor this week and lots of great ideas and plans for the way forward. But as always, the music is front and center, and we’ve got plenty of recent releases to talk about, including a new […]
On a cold November night in 1998, I went with two friends to hear Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell at University of Maryland’s Cole Field House. Mitchell strutted on stage by herself, smoking and toting an acoustic guitar. Stowing her cigarette somewhere […]
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 […]
Mention Lukas Nelson and Promise of The Real over here and the response tends to go along the lines of “Willie Nelson’s son” and “Neil Young’s backing band.” POTR’s new eponymously titled album is rapidly bringing deserved accolades and the […]
Last night was dark, and wetter than wet. The streets were empty in Seattle, as was the Lava Lounge at 8:30. The Lava Lounge is never empty at 8:30; it’s the sort of comfortable dive that lures people away from […]
“When he took the stage and the music began, if you listened closely, through the drums, the organ, the electric guitars, you could hear thunder, feel its movement, you could see the mist of blue rain falling onto the stage […]
Dylan and Petty got each other’s mojo back through writing, recording, and touring Tom Petty was more than just a Heartbreaker. He didn’t act like a superstar, although he certainly was qualified to do so. Under the radar, Tom Petty […]
“Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.” — Proverbs 31:7 “Some day baby / You ain’t gonna trouble poor me any more.” — Sleepy John Estes, Someday Baby Blues (1935), sung as Trouble No […]
Tom Russell has recorded more than 25 albums — including many critically acclaimed ones — so it’s surprising to hear him declare his new release, Folk Hotel, his best one. “I spent a lot of time with the songs, isolated […]
