The rumor’s been goin’ ’round town for a while now: Those happy-go-lucky Golden Smog dudes are gettin’ serious on us, fer chrissakes. I guess being a comedic cover band on a lil’ ol’ indie label just warn’t good enough for […]
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With no soapbox in particular upon which to climb on this late Sunday night before we ship this issue to the printer in Minneapolis on Monday morning, some scattershooting thoughts on ND #6 and our world in general: When we […]
Across the evening sky All the birds are leaving But how can they know It’s time for them to go? Before the winter fire I will still be dreaming I have no thoughts of time For who knows where the […]
Sunday, September 15, 1996. One year ago today was the official debut date of this magazine. Oddly enough, this anniversary evening began when I sat down in front of the TV to watch — okay, I’ll admit it — a […]
“I’ll ride with you tonight, I’ll ride forever/There’s no way to predict this kind of weather.” It’s the kind of opening line that sets a tone, sticks with you, serves as a harbinger that something significant is looming on the […]
In what appears to be an ever-growing genre of alt-country-related compilations, this entry from an English independent label is a decent collection, if a bit of a chronologically confusing hodge-podge. Amidst obscurities from the likes of newcomers such as the […]
Though Charley Pride is widely regarded as the artist who broke the color barrier in country music (even if it often appears more that he’s the exception which proves the disturbing rule), he’s not the kind of artist who ever […]
What is it that has drawn a couple of songwriters from the Southwestern U.S. to explore the nether reaches of Southwestern Europe recently? First it was Joe Ely, who paints aural vignettes of Spanish folklore and incorporates flamenco guitar accents […]
Any band that starts out a record with a country version of a Barry White song is okay in my book. Of course, great ideas aren’t always executed well, but the Volebeats’ take on White’s “I’m Gonna Love You Just […]
For better or for worse, I must own up to the fact that my record collection contains approximately 250 different versions of the 10 songs on this disc. And while it may say something about my sanity (or lack thereof) […]
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