From his beginnings with British folk-rock/electric folk band Fairport Convention, to his classic collaborations with then-wife Linda Thompson, and throughout his long and distinguished solo career, singer-songwriter-guitarist Richard Thompson has been a case study that consistency and innovation are not […]
Also on the bill: Kat Edmonson. After having to cancel the previous four nights due to illness, Kat Edmonson and Robert Ellis were cleared to perform on a wintery Saturday night at Cleveland’s Music Box Supper Club. The venue’s concert hall […]
Donning his signature shoeless and shirtless attire, fiddler and singer Bobby Fitzgerald carries a playful country sensibility as he swaps stories of the road with his bandmates. The members of Whiskey Shivers are backstage at Austin’s Red 7, ready to open […]
Critics, by nature, overanalyze. After all, it’s our job to not only figure out whether music works, but to turn the average listener’s ears in a direction that’ll help them hear things they may not have heard in a casual […]
In 2013, Jason Isbell’s Southeastern was so stunningly fantastic, that it was impossible not to declare it as my favorite record of the year, even as Brandy Clark’s 12 Stories, Ashley Monroe’s Like a Rose, and Holly Williams’ The Highway all tied for a […]
