Driving burned and pissed out of Arizona over the Plains is an acid test of a true road song, and was the making of some mighty good ones on this solo debut by Gin Blossoms piano man Robert Becker. His […]
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As with “Kashmir’s Corn” in the starlight of 4 a.m., Victoria Williams nourished her fans with homely kernels, familiar and essential as the horse’s own. The surroundings were not the desert night, but rather the spiffy tiers and rolled banquettes, […]
“The sound of the Byrds was a direct result of the finger-picking techniques I learned at the Old Town School of Folk Music.” — Roger McGuinn Entering the vintage building that is home to Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk […]
On their sophomore effort, the Disciples Of Agriculture have created better defined and more consistent sound, and the songs themselves are linked thematically. This Same Fate also benefits from more thoughtful, seasoned production at the hands of Eric “Roscoe” Ambel […]
A semi-precious gem dangles at the heart of the Smashing Pumpkins’ extravagantly bejeweled behemoth Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The last track on disc one is a gentle love song written by James Iha and introduces his solo voice, […]
These songs may once have seen the backside of a steer headed full tilt down the slopes of Mauna Kea, but not lately. This production’s new-age romanticism is of the sort that reduces Southwestern Indian culture to pastel macrame dreamcatchers […]
“The seed is the word of God.” Luke 8:11 David Eugene Edwards composes alone, picking out brooding and intense melodies on his accordion, on his banjo. “I play until I find something that strikes me and then I bring it […]
Chris Mills is emotionally precocious, but he’d deny it. He thinks everyone observes in fine detail the filaments spun, woven and frayed between two people, and he believes everyone’s rough edges are worn raw in getting by. So when he […]
It’s an irony of American tradition that many who heeded Horatio Alger’s call to “Go west, young man” immediately set about striving to get the next generation through college and into big-city jobs. The timing was just about right. According […]
The Waco Brothers put out the gnarliest of a more sentimental crop of roots rockers last year — twice, for good measure. Mostly a collection of outtakes, the ten-song CD Do You Think About Me was intended to be the […]
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