I wish I could remember where I once heard the brilliant theory that the band Mumford & Sons were like the Cheetos and sweatpants of folk music. I recall the coined term “gateway folk” being the entry point to this […]
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These past few days and weeks have been pretty rough out there on the American political landscape for the Republican nominee for president. Putting aside having had his clock cleaned in a televised debate in front of 84 million people, […]
I feel a bit ridiculous dialing Judy Collins’s phone number in Manhattan for an interview. I presume she has been asked every question imaginable during her long, distinguished career in the music business, and I’m guessing that — like a […]
Driving around Austin, Texas, today, I was suddenly struck by an epic wave of nostalgia. I was transported to the Portland, Oregon, of my youth … staring out a second story window, watching rain drizzle onto dark, wet concrete through […]
These days, buying an album is a radical act of patronage. Way back when, my mother and her younger brother waited in line to buy the new Beatles album on the day it came out. Aside from the radio, […]
Do you trust Taylor Swift when she cites Ryan Adams as “one of the artists who shaped my songwriting”? Do you trust Adams when he tells you his impetus for embarking upon a song-by-song cover album of Swift’s 1989 was […]
Today one of the more anticipated albums hit the internet, Ryan Adams’ 1989. Like a crack dealer luring in future customers, Ryan Adams has been teasing listeners for weeks with bits and pieces of his take on Taylor Swift’s album […]
For the past month, Cassadee Pope has quietly been slipping her new single, “I Am Invincible,” into the set list of her live show. But when she took the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum stage July 25 to perform the self-empowerment […]
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