Jimmy Martin probably deserves his reputation as a cantankerous hell-raiser. Still, it would be a mistake to assume his life is equal parts rhinestones and sequins, women and coon dogs, and booze. With this album, an extended soundtrack to the […]
Jimmy Martin probably deserves his reputation as a cantankerous hell-raiser. Still, it would be a mistake to assume his life is equal parts rhinestones and sequins, women and coon dogs, and booze. With this album, an extended soundtrack to the […]
Useta see Blacky in town a lot, making his rounds on his rusty old one-speed. Always had a big smile for the gals when he pedaled by. And I mustve played his records to death, The Band Of Blacky Ranchette […]
For Howe Gelb, home is where the mind floats. Though the latest solo release by the Giant Sand-man bills the artist as Howe Home (perhaps primarily for typographical reasons; it looks cool on the cover), the bulk of the music […]
Though he didn’t truly harness its possibilities until 2001’s Roomsound, Califone singer and chief songwriter Tim Rutili (ex-Red Red Meat) has been steeping his strange brew of roots and rock for more than a decade. Now, however, his band sits […]
John Parish is most widely known for his collaborations with Polly Jean Harvey. Not a bad rap, certainly, but it substantially underrepresents his range of creative output. He has, for instance, also produced and/or played on records by the Eels, […]
Sue Garner has quietly built one of the most intriguing catalogs in contemporary music. Fish & Roses and Run On remain two of the most sadly underappreciated bands that toiled their way out of New York City in the 1980s […]
Howe Gelb’s instrumental Lull (Some Piano) might just make believers of those put off by previous outlets for his mainline to the muse. Somehow, with Gelb turned loose on keys, the sonic meandering that occasionally jars and wrenches from his […]
For six weeks at all times of day, in every weather and circumstance, Viewfinder has made me feel good, and still does. I like it best driving along I-10 through the desert among distant rings of navy, red and smoke-colored […]
Howe Gelb’s career may seem intended to prove the adage that a million monkeys tapping on typewriters would, by sheer chance, produce one Shakespeare. Except Howe alone is the million monkeys. But that analogy sells the Giant Sandman short. His […]
If there’s an act that is more emblematic of the contentious relationship between country and alt.country than Freakwater, it certainly doesn’t come to mind. The Chicago/Louisville duo of Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Ann Irwin (plus longtime bassist David Wayne […]
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