It’s been ten long years since the New American Weird was all that weird. Goddamn lifetimes since you gave a shit about folk music and goddamn lifetimes since folk music gave a shit about you. At any rate Ms. Newsome […]
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“And Jesus spoke, yea; have you never read? Out of the mouths of babes and suckling children you have perfected praise.” Taken from the King James Bible, this passage is open to interpretation based upon the reading and understanding. In […]
It is a fool who glorifies combat. Still, the military recruits young, they recruit poor. It is a wonderful vehicle for those without many options; a chance for the poor but ambitious to attend college, and a quick ticket to […]
You could choke on the talk of money these days. Jay Z, some other assorted clowns and the Arcade Fire have so recently launched another streaming service promising in vague terms more money to musicians. It’s a cash grab, to be […]
Say what you will for Newport, Coachella, or Lollapalooza. If there were only one festival to attend in a given year, it would have to be South by Southwest. None other attracts as many fans, offers as many bands, or […]
If there’s one thing in our lives in drastically short supply it is time. With the advent of the industrial age we have been presented with a wealth of technology to save us precisely that. Unfortunately, as opposed to enjoying […]
Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal famously wrote, “America is continuously struggling for its soul.” And so too, it seems, is Americana upstart John Moreland with his soon to be released, High on Tulsa Heat. (April 21,) Identity has long been a central theme to […]
After two weeks, three states, hundreds of dollars passed back and forth over the craps tables in New Orleans and Biloxi, five thousand words devoted to other projects, and millions of brain cells lost to the demon alcohol the […]
That moon is hanging fat and low in the sky. There’s little I can do here from the computer, deep in the heart of Texas. I aim to give you a story, believe it or don’t, makes little difference. This will […]
Just over two years ago Lilly Hiatt and the Dropped Ponies entered the Americana market with their fake it ‘til you make it, feisty ‘Let Down.’ For Ms. Hiatt the album was partly a travelogue of her introduction to the […]
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