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THE READING ROOM: Chris Hillman on Surviving Fires Real and Metaphorical

THE READING ROOM: Chris Hillman on Surviving Fires Real and Metaphorical

Chris Hillman’s refreshingly candid new memoir, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond (BMG), opens with an eerily apocalyptic scene on the night of Hillman’s 73rd birthday on Dec. 4, 2017. Around 11 p.m., his wife, Connie, woke up to the smell of

'A Timely Windfall’: The Story Behind Gillian Welch’s ‘Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs’

'A Timely Windfall’: The Story Behind Gillian Welch’s ‘Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs’

One kind of whirlwind was responsible for most of Gillian Welch’s 2020 collection of demos, Boots No. 2: The Lost Songs, but it took another to bring the songs out of storage nearly two decades after their creation. The three-volume collection, whose latest installment was released last Friday, contains

THE READING ROOM: An Excerpt from Chris Hillman’s Memoir Recalling Life and All the ‘Time Between’

THE READING ROOM: An Excerpt from Chris Hillman’s Memoir Recalling Life and All the ‘Time Between’

Reading Chris Hillman’s new memoir, Time Between: My Life as a Byrd, Burrito Brother, and Beyond (BMG), is like sitting down with on old friend to listen to his stories of his days on the road and in the studio. Since his childhood, Hillman’s passion for music has

George Benson Shows His Range on ‘Weekend in London’ Live Album

George Benson Shows His Range on ‘Weekend in London’ Live Album

On this album, George Benson in some ways comes full circle. In 1978, he released the groundbreaking Weekend in LA, an album that captured Benson’s live performance in fall 1977 at the Roxy Theater in West Hollywood. Like Weekend in LA, Weekend in London records Benson’s intimate performance

THE READING ROOM: Mary Chapin Carpenter on Openness and Telling Your ‘One Story’

THE READING ROOM: Mary Chapin Carpenter on Openness and Telling Your ‘One Story’

Back in early August, Mary Chapin Carpenter released her newest album, The Dirt and the Stars. Like many of her earlier albums, this new one showcased her gift for moving along a narrative arc and creating a story that invites us into its center, carrying us from border to border

Will Kimbrough Makes the Most of Unplanned ‘Spring Break’

Will Kimbrough Makes the Most of Unplanned ‘Spring Break’

Will Kimbrough wasn’t planning to go on spring break, but when the pandemic hit and his tour was canceled, he spent his downtime writing some new songs about the days in which we’re living. On Spring Break Kimbrough evokes the spirit of dejection and loneliness, the voice of

THE READING ROOM: Jeff Tweedy Offers Insight and Encouragement in ‘How to Write One Song’

THE READING ROOM: Jeff Tweedy Offers Insight and Encouragement in ‘How to Write One Song’

Two years ago, Jeff Tweedy took us on a little tour of his life up till now in his autobiography Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc. In what was one of the best music books of that year, Tweedy