NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert features many of your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen’s desk in NPR’s Washington D.C. office. Since Boilen announced this week that he’s in search of a great unknown band to welcome to […]
I recently had the good fortune of being present for a small, intimate performance and interview with former X frontman John Doe. Amongst the many great questions put to him by a local radio DJ was one that I myself have […]
Bobby Bare Jr. knew this wasn’t going to be a fair fight. “He’s playing nothing but hits and I ain’t got no hits,” he said in mock exasperation, recalling the first time he shared the stage with his father, Bobby […]
BOBBY BARE JR. Undefeated (Bloodshot) Bobby Bare, Jr. could’ve phoned in a career. He could’ve exploited the fact that he s the son of Country Music Hall of Famer Bobby Bare, instead, he blazed a path of unique songwriting craftsmanship. […]
Impulses of immediacy and unpredictability highlight the third release from Bobby Bare Jr.’s Young Criminals Starvation League. Bare has enlisted members of My Morning Jacket, Lambchop, Clem Snide and others at the outer vistas of alt-country, with results that defy […]
On his 2002 solo debut Young Criminals Starvation League, Bobby Bare Jr. threw back the thick curtains of guitar noise he’d long been hiding behind and let the sun shine in on his soul. And while that disc revealed Bare’s […]
Though Nashville based, and fronted by the son of country legend Bobby Bare, Bare Jr. play punchy modern rock, albeit with a twangy twist. On Brainwasher, the band’s second CD, leader Bobby Jr.’s personal struggles are wittily parodied once more. […]
On his band’s debut disc, Bobby Bare Jr. does his best to ensure that he won’t be confused with his country legend father. From beginning to end, Boo-Tay is a noisy, raucous, crude, and utterly delightful rock album, packed full […]
