Grant Alden

The historical record would argue that almost nothing I have to say about Will Oldham, and his various incarnations, should be believed. Years ago I reviewed an early Palace release for Spin, and while I can't remember which record it was, I know the review was a glowing

Truth to tell, this is virtually a new record to these ears. Though this magazine's name comes, in part, from the title of the first Uncle Tupelo album -- and even though, in some quarters, ND was slagged as little more than an Uncle Tupelo fanzine -- we&

Though she has a rare cackle for a laugh, and sparkler eyes, it is almost impossible to imagine Lucinda Williams sustaining any kind of joy, even whatever is to be found in West Memphis. Williams turned 50 on January 26. If the text of her seventh album is to be

The suspicion lingers that somewhere in Nashville -- a front porch, a living room, a converted garage with a well-stocked refrigerator -- the best songwriters sit and trade works-in-progress late into the night, and magic happens. Well, some of 'em do hang out together, and sometimes there are rumors

Without peer -- absolutely without peer -- as an interpreter of the far-flung American songbook, Ted Hawkins was also a fine songwriter, an indifferent guitarist, and a complicated man. The Unstoppable began life as a board tape from a December 18, 1988, show in London, England, and suffers not in