The band seemed to draw energy directly from the bright lights shining from above in some kind of photosynthetic ecstasy. Above a relentlessly pounded high hat and driving bass fluttered guitar licks straight out of another era as the vocalist […]
“Who the fuck is Jaime Wyatt?” It’s the question asked by the stickers she hands out at every show. Yeah, ok, it’s derivative, but it lets you know right off the bat where she’s coming from. She reveres tradition but […]
In a strange way, most of the good things in my life can be traced back to Rhett Miller. Not only was the band he fronts, Old 97’s, one of my key entry points into the world of alt country, […]
When venerable Kent, Ohio based songwriter Roger Hoover announced last year that his forthcoming album would be entitled Pastures, I rightly expected a Woody Guthrie tribute, or at least heavy references. After all, Roger is known around the North Coast […]
It had been a long night. Cedar’s in Youngstown is infamous for its late-starting shows, but after Pittsburgh’s Redlines and locals Radio Lark had come and gone, it was easily past one a.m. before White Buffalo Woman took the […]
“Nothing to get you dancin’ like murder ballads,” says Demos Papadimas, musing specifically about a traditional that anchors his newest release, Waiting, but saying something important about his musical philosophy in general. “I can write fairly upbeat music naturally,” […]
A few hours before, Angela Perley & the Howlin’ Moons had headlined the Columbus Food Truck Festival, strutting their way across the big stage on the Commons like they owned the whole damn town. After the meets and the greets and the […]
