Jerry Garcia has been buried in the literal sense since 1995, but lately his former bandmates have been topping his grave with a pile of manure. While one could make a strong case that The Grateful Dead should have stopped […]
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Sturgill Simpson and Wheeler Walker Jr. have a few things in common. They’re both from Kentucky. They’re friends. They employ bitchin’ slide guitarists. Dave Cobb has produced albums for both of them. They’ve each been hailed as country music’s savior—Simpson […]
In concert, self-indulgence is frequently the enemy of the attendee. And Bob Dylan can be a very self-indulgent artist. Unexpected to the point of hilarity, his last two albums have featured wall-to-wall covers of Frank Sinatra, a musician diametrically opposed […]
I have a feeling “How It’s Done,” a sultry power ballad from the up-and-coming Maren Morris, will be a huge hit on country radio. Which is astonishing, because it’s not remotely a country song. While at least three tracks off […]
I don’t cry easily, but I came close when Prince died. I received the news as it broke, immediately blasted “Purple Rain” and allowed my mind to go blank for several minutes. The minutes turned into hours; as I came to […]
The life and death of horns in Americana music produced by Caucasians can be traced back to two classic rockers, Bruce Springsteen and Glenn Frey. Watching Springsteen on his River tour last month in Seattle, Jake Clemons—succeeding his late uncle […]
Sunday night brought the wildest winds Seattle had seen in nearly two decades, with roof shingles and tree branches soaring through the air like so many leaves. Performing solo at The Triple Door before the quartet Darlingside was to take the […]
For my money, nothing encapsulates the Lone Star ethos better than Texas Monthly’s slogan: the national magazine of Texas. The state’s certainly big and bombastic enough to be a sovereign entity, with its own swagger, cuisine, culture, and way of […]
There are a lot of wonderful musicians—Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Carlton Davis, and Ras Michael among them—who lend their talents to Lucinda Williams’ new album, The Ghosts of Highway 20 (out February 5 on Highway 20/Thirty Tigers). But, in a […]
Every once in awhile, the great singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson—son of Richard and Linda—will get a clip of unsolicited music sent to him over the Internet. These tunes are typically bad to the point of amusement, he says, adding, “Unless you’re […]
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