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Even though Chuck Prophet has been recording as a solo artist for the better part of this decade, he's probably still best known in the States as the guitarist in Green On Red. Prophet joined the psychedelic-twang outfit that also featured Dan Stuart and Chris Cacavas on 1985&

If you've ever followed a professional sports franchise, you're already familiar with the progression. Built-up through the farm system or draft, the young team is loaded with talent, and though they lack experience, they play with such spirit and enthusiasm that you're more than

Virtuous patience is sometimes rewarded. It's taken almost three years for this debut from North Carolina's Malcolm Holcombe to be released, so it seems fitting that it took a few trips through the record for everything to click. With the exception of Holcombe's gruff

When recording a solo album, any wife of a famous musician is in a tough spot. Her husband's skills can certainly enhance the disc, but his presence might make the album seem like a pet project, an indulgence that never would've been released if he weren&

The title of this collection of black string- and jug-band recordings isn't just a figure of speech. Every fiddle here talks, and not just as another voice within the instrumental ensemble, but as a voice that utters the words of the song -- the lyrics. Much as the

The Knitters were little more than a pimple on a pimple on the face of rock 'n' roll history. Rising from the fertile club scene of mid-'80s Hollywood, the loose-knit crew seemed like a lost weekend among L.A. punks (X's John Doe, Exene