Ryan Bingham told me last year, “There’s a group of guys out here that call themselves The Americans. Some of the best song writing I’ve heard in years.” It’s strong praise indeed, but Bingham (with whom the group has toured […]
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A FOREWORD, OF SORTS… I have to laugh when I think of how many people, including those in the music industry, considered Space Opera one of Canada’s best rock exports. It is understandable, as the only information on the jacket […]
While Jason Isbell’s Something More Than Free may have taken the top spot in both the ND readers and critics polls, Rhiannon Giddens dominated the past year just as thoroughly as Isbell did in 2013. She was everywhere — touring North America as […]
As you head out to shop for the holidays this weekend — if you’re so inclined — be sure to swing by a record store for the Autumn version of Record Store Day. There are a number of special releases […]
In 2010, I attended a show at Seattle’s Crocodile headlined by Kate Tucker, a great-looking singer who makes great-sounding music. She sounded fine that night, but there was a kittenish plasticity about her stage presence that was rather off-putting and […]
A cartoon strip by Brian McFadden that ran in The New York Times on Sept. 6 depicted a forlorn Statue of Liberty greeting a boatload of immigrants with a sign reading “Huddled Masses No Longer Welcome.” It’s timely, considering a new […]
Why cover songs? Earlier this year, Bob Dylan said, in his now famous MusiCares speech, “Big Bill Broonzy had a song called ‘Key to the Highway’… I sang that a lot. If you sing that a lot, you just might write […]
T Bone Burnett performs at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
T Bone Burnett’s first album in fourteen very productive years earns its title with theatrical songs that question the notion of truth in a world sick with spin. Burnett divides his twelve tunes into two acts, “Art Of The State” […]
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