Damn that Pete Yorn. He’s a budding rock star whose female fans want him and whose male fans want to be him. He’s nearly a pinup, ripe for videos, the glossy magazines and cameos on WB television shows. It’s enough […]
Damn that Pete Yorn. He’s a budding rock star whose female fans want him and whose male fans want to be him. He’s nearly a pinup, ripe for videos, the glossy magazines and cameos on WB television shows. It’s enough […]
Featuring one rock artist of sporadic greatness — Matthew Sweet — and two mildly successful where-ya-been-lately rock singer-songwriters — Pete Droge, best-known for 1994’s “If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself)”, and Shawn Mullins, best-known for 1998’s “Lullaby”– the […]
The sticker on the cover seems like it must be a mistake, proclaiming The Rising to be Bruce Springsteen’s “first studio album with the E Street Band since Born In The U.S.A.” How could it be that he has spent […]
The 1920s and ’30s produced a tremendous outpouring of rural country music, its main practitioners Southern white musicians such as Jimmie Rodgers, Cliff Carlisle, the Delmore Brothers and Jimmie Davis. All of them borrowed significantly from the blues tradition of […]
The 1920s and ’30s produced a tremendous outpouring of rural country music, its main practitioners Southern white musicians such as Jimmie Rodgers, Cliff Carlisle, the Delmore Brothers and Jimmie Davis. All of them borrowed significantly from the blues tradition of […]
Mary Chapin Carpenter was one of country musics biggest success stories of the 1990s, earning five Grammy Awards and multiple platinum albums. Her literate songwriting, dry wit and feminist perspective made her a welcome antidote to the hat acts of […]
On his major-label debut Pete Yorn has crafted a solid album of songs that run the gamut from moody, dreamlike pop to driving rockers, with beautiful melodies and introspective lyrics that constantly reveal something new. The album features dense layers […]
As the ’60s bled into the ’70s, Bob Dylan evinced a growing discomfort with his persona. Whether fueled by the lingering effects of a near-fatal motorcycle accident, an increasing dissatisfaction with the masks of stardom, or a general sentiment in […]
In his introductory note, Bruce Springsteen describes Tracks as “the alternate route to some of the destinations I travelled to on my records.” That’s a fair assessment of much, but not all, of the music contained on this sprawling, four-CD […]
I met one man who was wounded in love I met another man who was wounded in hatred Nearly 35 years after he first sang those words, Bob Dylan finds himself tormented by those two conflicting emotions. Indeed, on Time […]
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