Music and the Magician: A Remembrance of Neal Casal
EDITOR’S NOTE: Guitarist Deren Ney first posted these thoughts on his Facebook page on Aug. 27, the day the news broke that singer-songwriter and guitarist Neal Casal (The Cardinals, Phil Lesh, Hard Working Americans, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Circles Around the Sun) had died at age 50. It is reposted
The Sun Will Rise: Jesse Malin on His Friendship with Lucinda Williams
Though it’s fairly quiet on a Monday afternoon, there is an energy that permeates the walls of Berlin, Jesse Malin’s bar in the East Village. There are flyers hanging on the windows promoting a myriad of events — including a listening party for Malin’s new record, Sunset Kids
‘You Made It This Far’ Marks a Milestone for Esther Rose
Esther Rose knows exactly who she is. And with just one listen of her sophomore album, You Made It This Far, you’ll know, too. From the first few strums on the acoustic guitar she only just picked up a few years ago, Rose brings us into her world like
‘An Emotional Lightning Rod’: Jeff Buckley’s ‘Grace’ at 25
Grace is 25 years old. Jeff Buckley’s debut is gorgeous and heartbreaking, ambitious, daring and eclectic, and, as the sole studio album released during his short life, the only fully realized vision of the artistic brilliance he possessed.
With the expectation that his first LP was the starting point
With ‘Lover,’ Noah Gundersen Mines Pop Confessionalism
Emerging in the 2000s with a series of EPs and then his first full-length album, The Ledges (2014), Noah Gundersen drew from the atmospherics artists such as Gregory Alan Isakov and the melodic and vocal sensibilities of Ryan Adams, lyrical proclivities ranging from the quotidian to the apocalyptic. If 2017’
Sharing the Stage: Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill on Four Decades of Friendship
This month, longtime friends and musical collaborators Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill release new albums within a week of each other. Each album takes its title from the singer’s home state: Crowell’s Texas is out today and Gill’s Okie lands Aug. 23. We used this occasion to