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Shooter Jennings: Electric Rodeo

Jeffrey Greenblatt June 28, 2006 No Comments

There was a time when rock bands recorded songs exclusively about sex, drugs and rock n

Kris Kristofferson : Live From Austin, TX

Josh Cox June 13, 2006 No Comments

Your little brother knows him only as Whistler, the old fart who supplies Wesley Snipes with anti-vampire weaponry in the Blade movies. The rest of us know him for who he is, Kris Kristofferson, the esteemed singer-songwriter whose inebriated ramblings at the podium make for the only worthwhile viewing at any given country music awards telecast.

Cowboy Junkies: Covered In Blues (Interview With Michael Timmins)

Jason Gonulsen January 8, 2006 No Comments

The feeling of lost opportunity after 9-11 became the catalyst for the Cowboy Junkies latest album, Early 21st Century Blues, which features the Junkies covering the likes of Springsteen, Dylan, U2, and John Lennon. Songwriter Mike Timmins provides his thoughts on those fragile times, pleading his case to Yoko Ono and what’s next in line.

Wilco: Kicking Television

Shane Handler November 24, 2005 No Comments

Kicking Television, recorded live at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, May 4-7, 2005, captures Wilco in the new Nels Cline/Pat Sansone/Mikael Jorgensen era, complete with sonic splashes, textured keyboards and disgruntled guitars to accompany Jeff Tweedy

Adrienne Young & Little Sadie: The Art of Virtue

Brian Atkinson November 10, 2005 No Comments

If The Art of Virtue is any indication, Adrienne Young lives by Ben Franklin

Neil Young: Prairie Wind

Tim Newby October 12, 2005 No Comments

hankfully once ever decade or so Neil Young gets back together with his most underrated band, The Stray Gators (in this case the surviving members of the band), and releases an album that is an immediate masterpiece. Young ditches his electric guitar and gets back to a rootsy, acoustic sound with songs that seemed ripped from some small Midwestern town that has tumbleweeds blowing down the street, and an old man on every porch with a story to tell. Completing the trilogy that started with 1972

Son Volt: Okemah and the Melody of Riot

David Eduardo August 26, 2005 No Comments

Lucinda Williams 7/10/2005: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

Jeff Strowe August 12, 2005 No Comments

After a 40-minute set of fire and brimstone Old Testament blues from opener Rob Jungklas and his three-man band, the emcee stepped onstage with a few announcements and the proclamation of Lucinda