THE READING ROOM: Going Off the Rails with Whiskeytown
Thomas O’Keefe tells a great story, and he has plenty of them to share with us in his bumptious, roaring, swooping roller-coaster-ride account of his years with the enfant terrible of alt-country, Ryan Adams. O’Keefe, now the tour manager for Weezer, was the tour manager for Whiskeytown from
Junkie of the Sad Song & Ballads Genre - 1st Solo LP of Roots Rock Sumner Brother
The New Year gets off to a poignant start with this nine-song solo debut collection by singer-songwriter Bob Sumner (The Sumner Brothers) – and self-proclaimed junkie of the sad song and ballads genre. On his album Wasted Love Songs I don’t hear Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty or any modern-day example
Music and History: Pablo Dylan's New Americana
The Finest Summersault,* Pablo Dylan's new EP, will be released on Jan. 25. The keenness of the concerns Dylan explores, the stories he tells and the way he tells them, and the heart in the cautions he seeks to give all work together to make this record feel
Why the epic "Monk's Dreams" by Frank Kimbrough & Co. is the year's best jazz album
Frank Kimbrough – Monk’s Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk (Sunnyside) (6-disc-set) *
I happened to meet pianist Frank Kimbrough last February, after a concert in Illinois by the Maria Schneider Orchestra, for which he plays piano. Affable and approachable, he chatted with me a bit and, learning I
Nashville Songwriters Tell the Stories behind Their Songs
Books by and about songwriters are too few and far between. There are notable exceptions, such as Steve Dorff’s recent I Wrote That One, Too: A Life in Songwriting from Willie to Whitney (Backbeat Books). Dorff’s engaging memoir focuses not just on the details of his life; he
Featured Photographer: cowtownchad and His Camera
One of my new year’s resolutions is to feature more individual photographers. First up is Chad Cochran, better known in the music photography world as cowtownchad, whom I first met several years ago at an Ohio festival. Since then we have also caught up with each other at AmericanaFest