Golden Rules & True Faith: Charley Crockett’s Music City USA
Music City USA is Charley Crockett’s 10th studio effort, and of course, such an occasion deserves a double LP. Reuniting with Mark Neill at…
Interviews
Country Westerns Talk Rock n’ Roll, Right Vibes & the Perfect Rolling Stones Song Ahead of 9/10 Performance at Grant’s Lounge
Dropping the needle on a Country Westerns record validates the entire turntable experience. There’s the half-second silent reprieve and then the sound of rock…
‘I don’t need an identity anymore. I can just be me’: James McMurtry Talks Wisdom, Myth & the Future of Live Music
I always feel like I’m in the principal’s office when I talk to James McMurtry. It’s not that I’m in trouble, necessarily, but I’d…
‘You can only chip away so much until you’ve reached your goal’: Zeke Sayer of The Humms
In 2010, The Humms released their stunning debut, the instantly immortal Lemonland. For filing purposes, you can label it “garage”, but the band and…
Faye Webster Talks New Album, Walk-up Music, and Being Understood
In love with New York, the inestimable Jim Carroll wrote: I sleep on a tar roof, scream my songs into lazy floods of stars,…
‘This is our blues’: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has been heralded as a modern bluesman, an architect keen on the legends that preceded him, and a future champion of…
Out of the Clouds: Jade Bird
When last we spoke in February ’21, Jade Bird was hovering somewhere between anticipation and dread, elated with a new album in the can…
To The Passage Of Time: Jason Eady Talks New Album, Sequestered Songwriters & Touring
Jason Eady’s inside a borrowed RV somewhere off the Idaho highway when he answers the phone. “My van broke down the day before I…
‘This album is an adventure’: Shannon Shaw & Cody Blanchard on Year of the Spider
It was the summer of 2009, and I had plenty of options. These were the halcyon days of Myspace Music, today a time capsule,…