Marc Broussard Makes Himself at Home by Revisiting Soul Favorites
Marc Broussard is an acrobat, a genre-juggling time traveler straddling two very different generations in his fan base, uniting them with the power of his voice. The 37-year-old Carencro, Louisiana, native revives soul with remakes of the classics from icons including Solomon Burke and Otis Redding as well as weaving
David Grier Enlists Talented Friends to Explore ‘Ways of the World’
Talented musicians have surrounded David Grier since childhood. His father, Lamar, performed with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys in the 1960s, and Roland White taught some of Grier’s earliest guitar lessons. His lengthy run as an influential flatpicking guitarist has kept the circle of like-minded family and friends
A Deeper Blue: 'Sky Blue' Shows Townes Van Zandt in his Comfort Zone
The mid-1970s were not a fertile time for Townes Van Zandt’s recording career. Though he had released six albums by 1972’s The Late Great Townes Van Zandt, its follow-up, Flyin’ Shoes, wouldn’t see the light of day until 1978. In the years between, Van Zandt spent his
If I May Be So Bold: An Essay by Hayes Carll
All Aboard for More Tom Russell Adventures
Like Johnny Cash channeling Leonard Cohen with lyrics by Charles Bukowski, Tom Russell's latest is a collection of true-life vignettes accumulated over his wild and wooly past. Not all of the adventures are his, but he recounts them with the attitude of a man who's been
David Gray and the Legacy of Romanticism
Romanticism is characterized by a desire for transcendence of the everyday; unity with God, a Higher Power, Nature, or Life; and harmony with the idealized lover or soulmate. As these cravings are ultimately unfulfillable, at least in any permanent sense, Romantic works of literature, art, and music exude palpable melancholy