“The passionate predilections of the fan contend with the wary skepticism of the scholar,” Bill C. Malone notes near the end of his important new volume, Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’: Country Music And The Southern Working Class. That tension […]
“I’m just me, really. I don’t put anybody on in no way. Because I’m a man, you know. I’m very human…as far as an image is concerned, it’s in the minds of the people. There’s none in my mind, except […]
TOGETHER AND APART: “Say You’ll Be Mine”, a new song co-written by MARK OLSON and his former Jayhawks bandmate GARY LOURIS, will be included on Olson’s next Creekdippers album December’s Child, due July 23 on Dualtone. Olson’s wife and Creekdippers […]
The low-budget film industry has periodically tried to exploit country music’s popularity, with modest success. Surviving examples make for kitsch period pieces, but also offer a rare chance to see live performances. Though Waylon Jennings would rise to superstardom in […]
Kasey Chambers: A view from the homeland As an Australian (and a strong supporter of Kasey Chambers and “Australiana” cum Australian folk/country), I read with great interest your lengthy cover story on her [ND #37, Jan.-Feb. 2002]. Some of your […]
1 Various Artists, O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack (Mercury/Lost Highway) 2 Alison Krauss & Union Station, New Favorite (Rounder) 3 Kasey Chambers, Barricades And Brickwalls (Warner Bros.) 4 Ryan Adams, Gold (Lost Highway) 5 Bob Dylan, Love And Theft […]
Every couple of years or so, a singer-songwriter comes to Austin and sets the town’s music scene on its ear. The release of Caroline Herring’s debut, Twilight, in late 2001 kicked up a lot of dust and led to her […]
The phoenix of ancient legend reached the age of 500 and then burned itself on a pyre. From these ashes, a new phoenix arose. For Cary Hudson, there is resurrection all around. The former co-leader of Blue Mountain has a […]
Will Johnson speaks slowly and thoughtfully, as you might expect of a Missouri native and longtime Texas resident, but he writes songs at the fevered pace of an auctioneer. As the leader of Centro-matic, Johnson has produced enough material for […]
To hear Pulitzer-winning author William Kennedy tell it, Albany is a city littered with ghosts. Richard Buckner, during a recent area show, seemed to sense the haints, noting (somewhat grimly) how apt his Spoon River songs seemed for the occasion. […]
