Liz Cooper & the Stampede’s Stellar Return
Monsters, the 2014 EP from Liz Cooper & the Stampede, was a six-song calling card, introducing Liz Cooper as a gifted songwriter, singer, and guitarist. Grant Prettyman on bass and Ky Baker on drums asserted themselves as a rhythmic force, integral to a sound that draws from various strands of
Is Classic Rock Dead?
What is classic rock? Who gets to define the phrase, and who decides what bands or artists fall into the category? Did those of us who spent our youth listening to the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, and Ten Years After—to name a few—believe that
Rhett Miller on How to Do Magic: Songwriting Made Simple
Songwriting is magic.
When you sit down, there is nothing but silence and empty space. When you stand up, there is a song. Something from nothing. The rabbit from the proverbial hat. Only it's better than any rabbit. It's a living, breathing song.
The craft of
Newcomers Club Arrive With "David"
There's been a resurgence in harmony-based folk, but that doesn't mean fads are synonymous with shlocky quality. Newcomers Club was founded by John Roach and Geoff Lynn. Raised outside of Boston on old folk music and Dad’s radio, they moved to New York to start
Lucero Goes Literary
On their ninth studio album, rock/alt-country quintet Lucero decided that instead of recording stories, they needed to engage them. Among the Ghosts departs from the familiar Memphis style of their earlier arrangements – the blaring bluesy horns and blues-infused riffs – in search of a deeper, more intensely introspective approach rooted
Willie Nelson and Alison Krauss Thrill Fans in Washington
I finally did it; I made it out to my first Willie Nelson concert. Having wanted to go for many years, it actually happened! Here on a cool summer evening at Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington, Willie and his band had the crowd on their feet as they kicked off