“You start messing with my music, I get mean.” That’s Waylon Jennings talking, but it might as well be Steve Earle’s motto as well. For his latest, So You Wanna Be An Outlaw, Earle channels Jennings in full outlaw mode, […]
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What is it that makes Justin Townes Earle so unique? Even as he carries two names that could easily weigh him down—and maybe it has in the past, but not today. He was named after his father, Steve Earle’s mentor […]
When it comes to American songwriting, “the road” is nearly as constant a muse as is unrequited (or altogether impossible) love. For the Mastersons — the husband-and-wife duo that is as well-known for backing Steve Earle as for fronting its own […]
Edmond Enright was born on the 19th of May in 1975 in the Irish village of Birr, County Offaly. A small town of less than 6,000 people, Birr has a castle that once was home to the largest telescope in […]
You’ve heard the phrase “captive audience.” How about captive artists? That’s the premise of the Cayamo experience: Take the cream of the crop of Americana talent, both established and bright up-and-comers, put them on a luxury cruise ship and mix in a couple […]
Steve Earle The Sellersville Theater Sellersville, Pa 1/17/2017 I went to see and photograph Steve Earle the other night at The Sellersville Theater. Great venue to see and hear a show. Steve started the show with a few words […]
We live in a political world The one we can see and feel But there’s no one to check It’s all a stacked deck. — Bob Dylan, “Political World” The protest song is nearly as old as songs themselves. […]
There is nothing finer than Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the Ryman – and no one I’d rather see there. Like the Ryman itself, one does not see or hear Welch and Rawlings; one experiences them. You come under their […]
A modest proposal to No Depression readers: If you’re like me, you’re deeply offended by the proliferation of the term “alt-right” to refer to the hate speech of the likes of Steve Bannon, The Breitbart Report and Richard Spencer. I […]
I had the absolute pleasure of attending the LAMPEDUSA: Concert For Refugees the other night. Not only was it a great night of music but it also was for a really great cause. The tour put together by Patty Griffin […]
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