On the whole, the best music this year told the raw truth — whether it was Hayes Carll’s paean to love and loss or Robbie Fulks’ exploration of his Carolina and Virginia roots. Shovels & Rope turned toward autobiography with […]
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How many sad country songs have been written on the back of a bar napkin? You can see it now: a lyricist propped up on a stool, steeping over cheap bourbon, reeking of promise and failure, scribbling a few lines […]
I firmly believe that, to do radio, especially public radio, you need a great sense of humor. Scott Foley has that and he shares that hunger for new, exciting music that is also essential. Bill Frater: Where and when did you […]
Last year I did an article on five artists not to miss at the Americana Music Association Festival. Try as I might, this year with over 200 artists performing over six days at fourteen venues I find it impossible to narrow it […]
This week, we’re turning the spotlight on a handful of singer-songwriters who are delivering some truly stirring work. First up is John Paul White, who hails from the fertile musical landscape of Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Probably best known (until now) […]
It was a busy August weekend to say the least. Almost a year after it was recorded, Lydia Loveless’ fourth album Real was finally released. The next morning she appeared on CBS This Morning playing two new tracks from Real […]
Lydia Loveless once seemed to embody the hard-core punk urgency of alternative twang, pulling no punches with in-your-face attitude. On Real (out August 19 on Bloodshot Records), she appears to have matured into fellow Ohioan Chrissie Hynde, tempering that attitude […]
Out of the corner of your eye, it was hard not to notice the extra bounce Lydia Loveless had in her step as she approached the stage from the outside deck of Cat’s Cradle–Back Room. It made sense considering she […]
With so many independent artists utilizing crowdfunding sites like PledgeMusic, IndieGoGo, and Kickstarter to bypass the label system and secure the money for their projects directly from fans, it’s difficult to find all of the campaigns worth your backer dollars. […]
On a Saturday night at the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival, the Logan Theater feels like it’s not showing a screening as much as hosting a film premiere. The official “world premiere” of Who Is Lydia Loveless? took place […]
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