Back in the mid-1980s I was fortunate enough to stumble into the studios of WUSC-FM at the University of South Carolina, and even more lucky to have the presence of mind to sign up as a student DJ, a position […]
Back in the mid-1980s I was fortunate enough to stumble into the studios of WUSC-FM at the University of South Carolina, and even more lucky to have the presence of mind to sign up as a student DJ, a position […]
Is it ideologically correct to channel both Neil Young and his arch southern foes Lynyrd Skynyrd on the same album? The Silos, who have in their rejuvenated post-alt-country mode evinced the ragged power of Crazy Horse, provide an immediate answer […]
The Silos’ latest excursion of musical wanderlust travels the road not taken. Since the band’s critical breakthrough with 1987’s Cuba, frontman Walter Salas-Humara and an ever-shifting lineup have pursued a number of directions, detours and tangents: from punk rock to […]
In mid-September of 2001, about a week after that fateful day, I drove a couple hours north to Richmond, Virginia, having heard that Bob Rupe was planning to sit in for a few songs with the Silos at Poe’s Pub. […]
The arrival of a new Silos collection containing live cuts, alternate versions, and should-have-been hits on a French label begs the question: Does the world need such a Silos collection right now? Perhaps they do in France, but when The […]
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