Nostalgia roughly translates from Greek to mean “suffering to return,” a deep and intense yearning for what was. Welcome 2 Club XIII isn’t a nostalgic record. With Welcome 2 Club XIII, The Drive-by Truckers — Patterson Hood (guitar, vocals), Mike […]
2020 began in a familiar way for the Drive-By Truckers. They were gearing up for the release of their latest studio album, The Unraveling, and a long tour for it. The writing process for that album had been excruciating because of […]
Tweak of my ’02 Village Voice piece. At the end I mention a song from a previous DBT album that I picked for the end of my strictly personal-use version of SRO, and a later track, young Isbell’s “Never Gonna […]
The Americana Music Awards were handed out during a ceremony held earlier this week in Nashville, Tennessee. Winners included long-time Nashville favorites like Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (Group/Duo of the Year) and Rodney Crowell (Song of the Year), […]
“Last year was a son of a bitch for nearly everyone we know,” Jason Isbell sang at the outset of his show at Seattle’s opulent Paramount Theatre on Tuesday night, instantly energizing what he had to know was a copacetic […]
Although its neighbors to the north in Tennessee get more ongoing acclaim, the upper reaches of Alabama have a deep, rich musical history tucked within their borders. The Muscle Shoals scene alone shaped the sound of artists ranging from Aretha […]
Remember when weekends were just for laying around and not doing much of anything? Now there’s a protest on every corner and a lot of people searching for ways to vent their frustration, their anger, their fears. Music, as always, […]
AltCountry&Beyond’s 15 Favorite Albums of 2016 2016 was another banner year for music, though we also grieve for lost music legends like Merle Haggard and Guy Clarke, among others, who made inspired contributions to country and roots music. Like last […]
What a year, right? I hesitate to dwell too much on world events in this space, other than to acknowledge that we have all experienced them, have all no doubt been rocked by them in one way or another. If […]
It’s hard to say just when the Drive-By Truckers outgrew their name–or even if the jokey moniker ever really fit them. Somewhere along the way they just stopped being the band that would dare to commit a drunken hoot-fest like “The […]
