Halfway through Turnpike Troubadours’ A Cat in the Rain we meet a cowboy. He rides among backcountry aspens, lost in thought. He was younger, wilder once, for which he’s paid dearly. “I don’t miss the taste of liquor / or […]
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In previewing the Turnpike Troubadours’ gig opening for Miranda Lambert at the Tacoma (Wash.) Dome on Feb. 1, I wrote that they would “likely be restricted to about 45 minutes of stage time, max.” It turned out to be more […]
What is even wrong with you, 2017? I mean, I’d thought 2016 was rough. For one, my estranged dad died. He was a monstrous clod of a man, a selfish beast with awful habits like showing up at karaoke in […]
The nominees for this year’s Album of The Year have been selected and it’s a mix of new gunslingers, old war horses, and favorite native sons and daughters. The back story has always played a role in the decision process […]
Sometimes there’s beauty to be found in the mundane, if you know where to look. The Turnpike Troubadours draw inspiration from their sense of home, and Andrew Bryant ponders the depths – and shallows – of this modern life. If anything […]
Turnpike Troubadours’ 2015 self-titled hit me right where it counts. It was one of those “where has this been all my life?” albums that simply demanded to be played at top volume. It was anthemic and intimate, often at once, […]
“Sunday morning paper said rock and roll is surely dead.” That evocative line kicks off “Sunday Morning Paper,” a brand new track from the Turnpike Troubadours, which ND is happy to premiere below. The track begins with a gently picked […]
The Sumter Amphitheater in Papillion, Nebraska is a jewel of a venue. There are two hundred built-in seats and a large grassy hillside where you can lay down a blanket or bring a lawn chair. We had been to a […]
Four albums in, the Turnpike Troubadours show themselves to be as resolute as ever, thanks to a rugged sound underscored with drive and determination. Their new album, a self-titled set, finds that it doesn’t get much more riveting than this, […]
Modern country music faces a crisis of identity. While the more cosmopolitan genres of rock, hip-hop, and pop are free to explore modern topics and urban issues using the most up-to-date technological instrumentation, country is by and large relegated to […]
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