In the interests of transparency, I have to admit that I’ve known Sally Mann Romano, off and on, for a very long time. We first brushed wings (or shoulders or possibly leather trousers) in the insane world of rock and […]
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Last summer I saw Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore in concert before I had a chance to listen to their Downey to Lubbock album, and I was pretty surprised when they pulled out an artifact from the ’60s, well known as […]
Sometimes there’s nothing more cutting edge than looking back, bringing voices from the past into into today’s conversation in hopes of a better tomorrow. That’s the idea behind Song of Our Native Daughters, a new project from Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla […]
Los-Angeles based singer/songwriter Jess Weimer has released an eerie and brooding single, “Glass Tower.” A striking combination of elements of rock, pop, and alternative, the moody track tells a frustrating tale of greed and superficiality, a toxic culture that is […]
When I was a child, I was lucky to have parents who encouraged me to listen to all kinds of music, as they themselves had always done. There was a magical record shop called The Record Exchange in the one […]
Once I’ve featured a campaign here on Crowdfunding Radar, I usually don’t think about it again until the release date, under the theory that you’ve already seen it and bought in if you’re interested. But before I get into the […]
Content:- Photo by Danny Clinch Drive-By Truckers are No Depression‘s Spotlight band for January 2020. Read our feature story about them here, and don’t miss Patterson Hood’s essay on writing songs in 21st Century USA. Politics have always been personal […]
Grammy nominations came out today, and we were all kinds of excited to see some names we know and love in the prime-time categories. Brandi Carlile is nominated for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Song of […]
Last week my local library was the recipient of about 500 barely, hardly, or never played compact discs that have made their way to my mailbox over the past couple of years. There were also a few boxes of recent […]
It actually wasn’t the most wonderful time of the year when The Old 97’s stepped into a Dallas studio to record their new Christmas album, Love the Holidays. No kids jingle-belling, not much mistletoe-ing. “It was May, and it was […]
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