When we chat on an early September morning, Jeff Hanna is keeping cool at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, before he hits the road again with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. First, they’re heading to Shreveport, Louisiana, and then they’ll add more miles […]
Life these days is good for Jack Ingram. The Austin, Texas-based songwriter is living on his terms and making the music that stirs his soul. Listeners and fans are thankful his muse has taken him down this path less taken. On […]
I’ll Carry For You: Artist pens tribute to Henderson sisters There’s nothing so beautiful as sisterly love. In less than two weeks, Canadian siblings Brooke and Brittany Henderson are set to team up, on the fairways of Rio, as golf […]
By 10 p.m. at Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern, the walls were already sweating. As Jayhawks’ frontman Gary Louris joked mid-set, “Our bus is going to be so sweaty tonight! We are just going to have to sweat it out.” Bodies crammed five abreast, from […]
Gene Clark is the first essay author Ray Robertson tackles in his fine new book: Lives of Poets (With Guitars). In it, the accomplished author describes the songwriter as follows: “Gene Clark, if he could be bothered to read at all, stuck […]
It’s early in the new year. On a grey January day, I meet two-thirds of Elliott Brood — Mark Sasso and Stephen Pitkin — at their rehearsal pad. Once inside, a collection of guitars, ukuleles, banjos and mandolins greet me […]
The first thing that grabs you is the voice. At times, it is gentle as a summer breeze; at other times, it is stronger than a hurricane blowing through town. Next, you notice the ginger hair. Finally, you are drawn to the infectious laugh. That’s a […]
Blues is in Colin Linden’s blood. His introduction to blues culture, and the turning point in his life, was when a friend of his brother’s turned him on to Chester Burnett (a.k.a. Howlin’ Wolf). Shortly thereafter, in November 1971, an […]
Ketch Secor is cool and collected when we are introduced. This is surprising since our interview takes place shortly after he led his band Old Crow Medicine Show in a scorching 30-minute set at Farm Aid 30. He wielded the fiddle with the skill […]
Some came from New York, some from Las Vegas. Others traveled from rural America, where family farmers struggle most. No matter where they followed the white line from, all came to Farm Aid 30 for the same two reasons: the music and the […]
