Reviews

Garden State: Directed By Zach Braff

Stefanie Jackowitz August 27, 2004 No Comments

This coming of age story is no typically sappy tale. Braff

Macha: Forget Tomorrow

David Eduardo August 27, 2004 No Comments

Thank you Macha for being simultaneously ahead of your time and caught in a bit of a New-Wave nostalgia thing.

Barbara Cue 7/24/2004: State Botanical Gardens, Athens GA

David Eduardo August 26, 2004 No Comments

Featuring Widespread Panic’s Todd Nance on vocals and drums joined by vocalist and damn good Dobro player William Tonks, bassist and Athens scene stalwart Crumpy Edwards, guitarist and rural music mainstay Jon Mills, and pedal steel bad ass John Neff (Drive-By Trucker fans will recognize the sounds, if not his mug) the headlines will surely read, “Barbara Cue Rocks the Garden!”

Bottle Rockets & Lucinda Williams 7/20/2004: The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

Jason Gonulsen August 26, 2004 No Comments

For the Bottle Rockets and Lucinda Williams, their gig together at the Pageant had been a long time in the making. For past few years, whenever the Louisiana-born Williams rolled her bus into town, she has always taken a moment during her live performance to mention her love for a special band from Festus, Missouri. And every time she opened her mouth, the Bottle Rockets would be in attendance to hear her proclaim her admiration for their music. This time around, they would finally share the stage together in St. Louis.

Will Hoge: The America EP

Bill Clifford August 25, 2004 No Comments

Hoge signed a contract with Atlantic records early in the new century, only to have the subsequent major label debut ignored by the label brass and forgotten about. Now unencumbered of the restraints such corporations can tie on an artist, he

Charlotte Martin: On Your Shore

Timothy Stout August 24, 2004 No Comments

Powerful, sexy and demanding, Charlotte has the ability to hit notes that flirt with disaster, where less confident singers might come off as abrasive and whiney, she somehow delivers with an abundance of confidence and beauty.

Festival Express: Directed By Bob Smeaton

Shane Handler August 24, 2004 No Comments

Promoter Ken Walker decided to enlist the Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin, Buddy Guy, Flying Burito Brothers, Sha Na Na and others for an east to west journey in the summer of 1970 along the Canadian frontier, noted as the Festival Express. Thankfully, a new documentary unleashes never before seen footage of the iconic musicians in this rare setting, basking in true flower power camaraderie.