Redemption & Mojo: Paul Thorn Talks New Album
On August 6th, Paul Thorn will release It’s Never Too Late To Call, the follow-up to 2018’s Don’t Let The Devil Ride and the…
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That Old Familiar Feeling: Graham Young on Michigan Rattlers’ New Album & Return to Touring
Formed by childhood friends on the verdant and crisp coast of Little Traverse Bay, Michigan Rattlers matured organically from the close harmony and strums…
Tradition & Blood: Dallas Burrow
I’ve always admired the songwriters with one boot on the stage and one on the back porch. The balancing act between art and family…
Embracing Stranger Sounds: Boy Golden & the Church of Better Daze
Commentators much edgier and/or educated than yours truly have posited that a reboot of the 20th Century’s Roaring ’20s is imminent. Like that intoxicatingly…
‘There’ll always be a lonesome whistle whinin’ somewhere’: Erik Shicotte Talks New EP, Counting Cars, and the Transcendence of Train Songs
Erik Shicotte delivers hard-earned Midwestern twang that cannonballs with diesel-powered intent on his new EP Miss’ry Pacific. Wielding a cast iron voice seasoned to…
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…
‘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…