While Phoebe Bridgers’ songs are blue contemplations about broken relationships, loneliness and death, they also remind us that sadness and joy can coexist in the same melody, and that hope and despair stem from similar conflicting premises of existence. […]
While October in the Bay Area usually brings a three-day extravaganza of Conor Oberst shows (which my friend has dubbed Octoberst), this May his fans were given the chance to see him three times in 24 hours. It was definitely […]
1 The Orpheus myth offers a fertile metaphor on the relationship between inspiration and creative maturity. Anne Wroe writes in The Daily Beast: Orpheus … contains within himself two sides of the poetic character. … Traditionally, Orpheus was first a […]
Few artists have the courage to go against what’s traditionally popular or mainstream. However, as the barriers of the entertainment industry begin to shift, many artists are taking more control of their content and creating powerful, dark and sometimes hilarious videos […]
Omaha singer-songwriter Matt Whipkey says it was “a real honor” warming up for Dwight Yoakam at six recent shows in five states. “For any artist, it is a positive experience sharing a bill with a someone of Dwight’s caliber,” says […]
By now, you’ve probably made up your mind about Conor Oberst. The latest in a long line of so-called New Dylans stretching back to Steve Forbert, Oberst is either the voice of a generation or precisely the sort of wan, […]
With his new album, Lifted, 22-year-old Omaha native and Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst gathers over two dozen musicians on at least as many different instruments, derives a sonic concept from Dark Side Of The Moon (car stereo as vehicle […]
