The urge to write about music is rivaled only by the desire to play or listen to it. Outlets for music journalism — from mainstream newspapers and magazines to alternative weeklies and fanzines to the internet — have mushroomed, making […]
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Kirsty MacColl was a one-woman Beach Boys. The singer-songwriter who wrote Tracey Ullman’s girl group-flavored smash “They Don’t Know” and traded barbs with Shane McGowan on the Pogues’ “Fairytale Of New York” could also multi-track her crystal-clear voice into gorgeous […]
UNCLE TUPELO IS STILL DEAD: Son Volt leader JAY FARRAR spent much of 2000 on a planned hiatus from the band. The beginning of 2001 found him playing a handful of club dates around the country, accompanied by guitarist Mark […]
An advance copy of The Earth Rolls On arrived in my mailbox just before I left town for the holidays, as Grant and I were in the midst of pondering what to put on our next cover. Shaver was among […]
Morells/Skeletons: American music I was thrilled to read Daniel Durchholz’s article [ND #31, Jan.-Feb. 2001] about the greatest band in the land. The Morells/Skeletons, whatever you call them, have had me rockin’ ever since I found their first LP, Shake […]
1 Johnny Cash, American III: Solitary Man (American) 2 Emmylou Harris, Red Dirt Girl (Nonesuch) 3 John Hiatt, Crossing Muddy Waters (Vanguard) 4 Merle Haggard, If I Could Only Fly (Anti/Epitaph) 5 Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker (Bloodshot) 6 Various Artists, O […]
It snowed last night, and the trees are heavy clumped with white. Marc Benning is describing the view from the telephone in his recording studio, home of his record company, Hideaway. Out his window he can see Pike’s Peak, and […]
In the best possible way, you never know what you’ll get out of Alejandro Escovedo from one performance to the next. He might show up in your town leading an elaborately arranged orchestra, or with a screaming stripped-down rock band […]
For Barbara K, it’s all about the groove. Her songs are filled with percussion and rhythms that are instantly attractive and draw the listener closer. “Music that grooves is a lot more interesting,” she says. “Groove creates intimacy among the […]
Back in a bygone era, when such distinctions were deemed important, Bobby Earl Smith was among the first musicians in Texas to make music that both rednecks and hippies could dance to while enjoying a cultural armistice of sorts down […]
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