The horns, opening somewhere between a 21st century sonata and a street-side soul riff, raise the fine hairs at the back of your neck. When Joe Pernice’s voice eases in like the boy next door, it’s purer than you’ve ever […]
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It’s possible that Howe Gelb invented what we’ve come to call alt-country. At least he’s among the few who never denied it. In 1980 he gathered a pack of desert punks to record a sweet, original country song, “Curtis, John […]
Jon Rauhouse has won fans worldwide via his stints as a multi-instrumentalist with Neko Case, and with Jon Langford and others in the Bloodshot Records stable before that. But many Arizona fans have followed the long-time Phoenician since even earlier, […]
Many thanks to all who read, commented on and circulated my magnum opus about the first Concert for Civility, Respect and Understanding organized by Jackson Browne last March to memorialize the victims and the emotional impact on our community of […]
The Tucson roots music community is shaken this evening by the sudden and unexpected death of long-time Tucson music promoter Jonathan Holden from a pulmonary aneurism. He was 60. Holden’s Rhythm & Roots Concert Series has for 13 years provided […]
Last week an acquaintance took her mother shopping in Oro Valley, just northwest of Tucson in Congressional District 8. When she came out of the mall, her carefully preserved bumper sticker had been stripped from her car. It had […]
Troy Olsen made his Grand Ole Opry debut on Sunday. eight years after No Depression told you so, sort of. You may know him, now, from the semi-ubiquitous, and blissfully summer-mindless, “Summer Thing,” with which EMI Nashville switched on the […]
Following are updates and details from Bloodshot about the accident. The van and everything in it was totaled, including all instruments. Two band members are facing long hospital stays and long recoveries. Bloodshot has set up a fund for the […]
Maybe I shouldn’t tell you about this. Maybe you shouldn’t even think about coming. After all, it’s still hot here on Labor day. Maybe you couldn’t take it. And then you’d probably get all advance-tickety and shut out some Tucsonans […]
It’s not news that the music we love is hit hard by the current economy. That’s on top of the upheaval brought about by downloads and the related shakeout of the music industry, and the shakeout in publishing that has […]
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