Though Elvis Presley’s transformation from unknown Southerner to eternal icon is endlessly fascinating, the story of his manager, “Colonel” Tom Parker (the title was honorary), is at least as intriguing. While Presley’s metamorphosis was played out in the public eye, […]
They all look impossibly young. That’s the first thing you notice in the new, expanded DVD version of James Szalapski’s 1976 documentary Heartworn Highways (Catfish Entertainment), fabled for the 27 years since for its early, casual glimpses of Townes Van […]
“In the very old days the elephant, upon the roof of the earth, led an existence deeply satisfying to himself and fit to be set up as an example to the rest of creation: that of a being mighty and […]
June Carter Cash: Thanks, Rodney I have been a fan, and subscriber, of No Depression for many years now. I typically read each issue cover-to-cover and often dig back into my archives to find a half-remembered review or feature. Since […]
1 Lucinda Williams, World Without Tears (Lost Highway) 2 Gillian Welch, Soul Journey (Acony) 3 Norah Jones, Come Away With Me (Blue Note) 4 Jayhawks, Rainy Day Music (American/Lost Highway) 5 Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around (American/Lost […]
POR VIDA: Musicians across the country reacted to the news of Alejandro Escovedo’s recent hospitalization from complications of Hepatitis C by organizing efforts to raise funds for the Texas singer-songwriter, who has no health insurance. The Continental Club in Escovedo’s […]
Two different songs, two different artists, two different sports, two different seasons. Yet somehow they spark a remarkably similar sensation deep within my soul. When I hear Fountains Of Wayne’s “All Kinds Of Time”, I think of Major Applewhite. It’s […]
Having lost a year of his life there, Jamie Perry will argue that no place on earth is as hellishly strange as Nashville, Tennessee. Convinced he’d have no trouble making it as a songwriter, the Canadian artist moved to the […]
The Delta is too obstinate to care that it’s an alluvial plain, too poor to take its students off the critical needs list, too steeped in fabled funk to leave alone; even if, like Muddy Waters, come departure time one’s […]
Imagine spending your life as an author, publishing well-received but obscure murder mysteries. Then one day, you do some comic books as a lark. It turns out you’re really good at comic books, but it’s just a fun and not-too-serious […]
