First you trap the possum. From what we know of Loretta Lynn’s early life, it’s no surprise to find a possum recipe, here, accompanied by a tale of how her mother would set a possum trap once a week. First, […]
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Music writers need to retire the words “quirky,” “endearing” and even “dishabille” from their thesauri. Give it up; Victoria Williams owns them. As always, throughout the first show of a brief, politically inspired tour through “swing states,” Williams sang as […]
When Laurie Stirratt launched her new life in 2002, it was like going home. Chicago welcomed her like a prodigal daughter, she got a job at the Hideout (a favorite watering hole among Chicago music scenesters), and she began writing […]
Airier than Lambchop or Tindersticks, brighter than Willard Grant conspiracy, less arty than Sparklehorse, Fruit Bats or Pinetop Seven, the Court And Spark’s fourth release continues to delight in a broader, more accessible aesthetic range than any of those bands, […]
A fantasy view of Sally Timms might involve a rumpled motel bed, stiletto heels and a next-to-nothing red dress. Which would explain the cover art for In The World Of Him. Does that image, to paraphrase Johnny Dowd’s “139 Hernalser […]
Kelly Hogan took the Solar Culture stage looking like a more voluptuous version of Prince in her tastefully fitted maroon western-cut pants suit. She could’ve taken the show as well. Hogan’s almost peerlessly lyrical and soulful vocal delivery was set […]
Texas troubadours may be the best known, but the troubadour tradition runs all along the U.S.-Mexico border, and thrives particularly in the tiny towns, villages and ranching communities that dot the Arizona borderlands. In many such communities, a single troubadour […]
Jon Rauhouse was probably destined to make a rodeo record simply because of where he’s from. He can tell you about growing up across the road from a cottonfield in what is now downtown Tempe, Arizona. And the bronc rider […]
The Willard Grand Conspiracy is less a band than a collective, along the lines of the Mekons or Howe Gelb’s Giant Sand. More than 30 musicians can lay claim to being members; recordings and performances include whoever’s available. Eleven members […]
Creative growth is a wonderful thing for an artist and blah de blah, but there’s a reason great grandmother’s crab cake recipe gets handed down each generation. There are just some things a body ought to be able to count […]
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