Teddy Thompson has produced albums by both Dori Freeman — all of hers, in fact —and a more established twangy redhead, Allison Moorer. The latter woman’s song, “A Soft Place to Fall,” was the centerpiece of a scene in The […]
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At some point in the ’80s, the saxophone came to be primarily embodied by three individuals: Clarence Clemons, Kenny G, and Glenn Frey. The first two were a whole lot more tolerable than the third. Clemons’ sax let the tension […]
I’ve eaten three fried-bologna sandwiches in my lifetime, each of them in Illinois. The first was in Diane Rhodes’ apartment at the Samuel Gompers Homes, the oldest public housing development in East St. Louis. Rhodes’ teenage son, Tommie Liddell Jr., […]
It’s been said before that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, and the point is well taken. Why read about someone’s music when you can just go listen to it yourself — especially in the age of streaming […]
Matthew Houck, the frontman for the ambidextrously atmospheric electro-Americana jam band (that’s a genre now, because why not?) Phosphorescent, is not from Mississippi. He’s from Alabama, lives in Nashville now. But he says “honey” a lot when he sings, and […]
This past May, I was speaking to American Aquarium frontman BJ Barham when one of his collaborators, Jamie Lin Wilson, came up. Barham’s wife had just had their first child, while Wilson and her husband were about to welcome their […]
Elizabeth Elkins was working in the marketing department at Emory University in Atlanta when she made what was sure to be a life-altering decision. She decided to quit her job, cash out her 401(k), and move to Nashville, where she […]
“See Concerts. Save Animals.” This is the slogan for Woodland Park Zoo’s summer concert series in Seattle, and they couldn’t have hosted a more appropriate twin bill than Deer Tick and Trampled By Turtles on Wednesday night. (Disclaimer: If you’re […]
Auyon Mukharji was bescarved, delivering a mid-set speech full of large words to an audience that devoured them as though they were chubby green olives filled with prosciutto and white cheese. Tom from New Hampshire. Everyone in the crowd knew […]
I remember the first time I heard Ashley Monroe’s 2015 song, “The Blade,” off her standout album of the same name. It’s a gorgeous, heartbreaking tune about a relationship that ends when one person wants it to, but the other […]
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