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Kacey Musgraves Sneaks Us in "Late to the Party"
Though her Pageant Material is only a week old, Kacey Musgraves is already racking up accolades for avoiding the sophomore slump. The album, which features 13 quirky country gems (plus a hidden bonus track), picks up where Same Trailer, Different Park left off. Indeed, Musgraves and her merry band of collaborators mined so much similar…
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Taking It on the Road: An Interview with Billy Joe Shaver
Sharing the bill with Reverend Horton Heat, the Blasters, John Doe, and others, country outlaw Billy Joe Shaver is set to close out this year\’s Roadshow Revival: A Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash in Ventura\’s Mission Park. The event, which spans two stages and two days, takes place on June 27-28, and the…
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Five Questions: Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards is one of those singer/songwriters that everyone knows, even if they don\’t know they know. That\’s largely due to his 1971 folk-pop hit “Sunshine.” The iconic tune paved the way for Edwards who has since released 16 albums with Tomorrow\’s Child now joining the collection. Over the decades, Edwards has worked with Emmylou…
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The Weepies at City Winery
More often than not, it\’s easy enough to get a sense of an artist through their songs, and certainly their live performances. Nowhere is that more true than with the Weepies — the husband/wife folk-pop duo of Steve Tannen and Deb Talan. It was definitely true last week at City Winery Nashville, and the crowd…
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The Immediacy of the Moment: An Interview with the Heartless Bastards
Oh, those Heartless Bastards. For 12 years now, various incarnations of this great American rock \’n\’ roll band have been churning out soulful, bluesy, rootsy records. Though the line up has shifted during that time, the heart (and head) of the band, Erika Wennerstrom, has always stayed put. The Bastards\’ last record, 2012\’s Arrow, and…
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The Indigo Girls: Time Makes a History of Us
Even as the internet pulls citizens of the world closer together, issues push us further apart. At the heart of both matters are the ideas of connectedness and commonality. Whether a community is online or on the ground, the age-old search for belonging continues to be a driving force in society. We all want to…
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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell: The Traveling Kind
Emmylou Harris makes magic with pretty much everyone she sings with, from Gram Parsons to Lyle Lovett. One of her most trusted sidekicks over the years, though, has been Rodney Crowell, and the two never fail to shimmer and shine as evidenced on The Traveling Kind. Like they did on Old Yellow Moon, Harris and…
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Killing, the Blues: An Interview with Steve Earle
Texas-bred singer/songwriter Steve Earle is a rare breed. He has survived drug addiction and sobriety, myriad record label signings and droppings, and quite a few marriages and divorces. And he has documented his world and his woes in some of the best songs of the past few decades. Though he did some work before it,…
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Between the Lines: "I Told Him That My Dog Wouldn't Run"
I sat in the corner, in my usual booth. It\’s one of the only ones that doesn\’t have duct-tape somewhere on the vinyl. And I can watch everyone coming and going from my perch there in the corner. So I saw him when he first walked in, but I didn\’t really believe my eyes. I…
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Indigo Girls: One Lost Day
On their best record in a decade, the Indigo Girls harken back even as they move forward. Rites of Passage, Swamp Ophelia, Shaming of the Sun, and Come on Now Social — arguably the best albums in the Indigo catalog — all echo softly through this set, whether in the note choices of a harmony…