Hughes Taylor Band to Celebrate New Album at Historic Grant’s Lounge on July 9th
The Hughes Taylor Band is primed to release Modern Nostalgia, an ambitious collection of songs recorded at the storied Capricorn Sound Studios. Assembling a…
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‘I’m still very passionate about writing songs’: Rodney Crowell on New Album, Mentoring & Motivation
On his new album Triage, Rodney Crowell draws on 50 years of poetic witness and intent to explore the ley lines connecting personal discovery…
Graciously: The Legend of Eddie 9V
I fell in love years ago with a clip from the MTV mid-1980s show Cutting Edge featuring Flat Duo Jets frontman Dexter Romweber giving…
‘I think that the pandemic is going to change the face of music forever’: Joe Ely Talks Flatlanders, New Album & More
It’s hard not to smile when you hear The Flatlanders. For one, Butch Hancock, Joe Ely, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore so seldom release recorded…
From Nothin’ & Scratch: Vincent Neil Emerson
Vincent Neil Emerson sings with a tragic authority that surpasses his age and time spent in the patinated honky tonks of his native Texas.…
Queen of the In Between: K.C. Jones Rises with New Album
On Queen Of The In Between, the new album from K.C. Jones, there’s a gold softness that hums like an AM band revealing early…
From the Sky: The River Tramps to Play JBA on June 25th
The River Tramps blend the best elements of folk and pop music, crafting tunes with harmony, gypsy jazz flourishes, and nuanced twang. The duo…
In Her Power: Yola on New Album, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Learning to Solo
With her 2019 debut album Walk Through Fire, English-born songstress Yola used soul-soaked, country-fried gold to gild the madness of nearly burning to death…
Digital Oblivion, Exploding Water Heaters, and a Global Pandemic: Jenny Don’t & The Spurs Rally with New Album
As rock n’ roll sagas go, Jenny Don’t and the Spurs have endured quite the epic. The Portland outfit whose origins sprawled forth from…