The Unthanks – How Wild The Wind Blows, at the Royal Northern College Of Music, Manchester, UK One of the many fine and fascinating things about The Unthanks is how they manage to fearlessly represent the very epitome of the folk tradition yet at […]
Monica Heldal’s 2014 debut album, Boy from the North, was described as part Americana, part bluegrass, and part Irish folk. But the Norwegian singer-songwriter points to another genre when discussing the best concert she has seen. Heldal, who is releasing […]
A is for “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a jazz classic partly written by a Madagascan royal; G is for “Greenville,” a Lucinda Williams country putdown redolent of 20th-century Russian Acmeist poetry. Veteran music producer and author Joe Boyd is nothing if not eclectic in “Joe […]
Pop sainthood isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. When you die young, in the full flush of your talent, you may claim a spot in the mythology of interrupted genius. You may draw more attention to your work, and, […]
