There’s a moment on Sadler Vaden’s new album where he sings, “No one asks if I’m doing alright / Does anybody seem to care? / I’m just trying to get through tonight, so tell me / Tell me, is there […]
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One of my new year’s resolutions is to feature more individual photographers. First up is Chad Cochran, better known in the music photography world as cowtownchad, whom I first met several years ago at an Ohio festival. Since then we […]
Albums may be the standard way of delivering music to people who can’t (or won’t) come see you play every night, but, especially in the realm of roots music, nothing can match a live show. The rawness of the music, […]
On the self-titled Sadler Vaden (out August 12 through Sadler Vaden), the guitarist for Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit evokes an era of Southern-rock riffing and arena-rock anthems, with cuts echoing the soaring harmonies of the Eagles (“Get You High,” “Into […]
This week, I welcome Sloane Spencer to this column. Sloane does a different sort of radio. Her podcasts feature interviews with recording artists who tell their stories. She also seems to have pretty cool parents! Bill Frater: Where and when did […]
Sadler Vaden & Jason Isbell, Cayamo 2016
As has been proven time and again over the past few years by both critics and charts, Jason Isbell’s star is on the rise. In October, he sold out four nights at Ryman Auditorium, so to catch one of his two […]
If you have followed Jason Isbell for the last couple of years, or Drivin N Cryin for a few years before that, you may have heard Sadler Vaden on lead guitar. Fewer fans know that Vaden formerly fronted the band, Leslie, of […]
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