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Robyn Hitchcock: Spooked

Shane Handler November 12, 2004 No Comments

Along for the ride on the all acoustic Spooked and garnishing Robyn Hitchcock

Wilco 8/30/2004: Memorial Auditorium – Burlington, VT

Shane Handler October 4, 2004 No Comments

Rumor has it Wilco will be returning to the studio shortly, to capture the live energy from this six-man rotation on record. If the record is as festive as their Burlington performance, than Wilco is truly just a getting started, rather than just a ghost being born.

Steve Earle: The Revolution Starts…Now

Jason Gonulsen September 29, 2004 No Comments

Emotionally and politically charged, Revolution feels like the freshest batch of songs that have come out of Steve Earle and his band, the Dukes, in quite a while. Speaking in more direct terms than he has ever before, right away we get the feel of a record that is so raw and inexorable that Earle could have sworn that the songs were recorded within 24 minutes, not hours, of their birth.

Por Vida

Jason Gonulsen September 10, 2004 No Comments

Benefiting the Alejandro Escovedo Medical and Living Expense Fund, an all-star cast including Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Los Lonely Boys, Cowboy Junkies, Jayhawks, and a reformed SonVolt has come to the rescue to deliver their interpretations of Escovedo

Old 97’s: Drag It Up

Jason Gonulsen September 8, 2004 No Comments

Blazing back with a new album, The Old 97

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.

Neko Case 5/09/2004: Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO

Jason Gonulsen June 22, 2004 No Comments

Wilco: A Ghost Is Born

Shane Handler June 7, 2004 No Comments

Rather than focusing on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Jay Farrar: Stone, Steel, & Bright Lights

Jason Gonulsen May 28, 2004 No Comments

Stone, Steel, & Bright Lights, Jay Farrar

Jay Farrar: Playing On His Own Terms With ‘Terroir Blues’ (INTERVIEW)

Shane Handler August 10, 2003 No Comments

Writing songs that explore the back roads of American music, and launching these traditions in adventurous new directions, Jay Farrar continues to reinvent his own sound with his latest release – Terroir Blues. With the launch of his own record label, Act/Resist Records, and the reissue of Uncle Tupelo