Sean Rowe Tackles the Artist's Struggle
Sean Rowe has the kind of voice that gets attention. When you put him on, you’re bound to get at least one person asking, “Who’s this?” He sings in a baritone so deep, it feels otherworldly, like he’s some kind of mythical prophet, bellowing mind-blowing truths that
Jessi Colter's "An Outlaw and a Lady"
In the now-infamous country anthem of loss (whose words regrettably ring truer with each passing year) “Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes,” George Jones warbles about those singers who “tear your heart out when they sing” like one in particular, “the outlaw that walks through Jesse’s dream.” Most folks
Riding The Rhythm Highways with St. Louis' East Side Slim
This week, we're going to circle back to a St. Louis public station that seems to be doing a good job of keeping good radio on the air. It always interests me what artists the people mention as favorites or influences. East Side Slim caught me off guard
The Wild Reeds Share the World They've Built
Almost as often, and with as much need-to-know punch as the roadside billboards flooding their long tour routes, bands are told they need to have “that thing no one else has” to catch their big break. Folk rockers the Wild Reeds (Mackenzie Howe, Sharon Silva, Kinsey Lee, Nick, Phakpiseth, and
Just Who Is the Galway Girl?
Edmond Enright was born on the 19th of May in 1975 in the Irish village of Birr, County Offaly. A small town of less than 6,000 people, Birr has a castle that once was home to the largest telescope in the world, named The Leviathan of Parsonstown. There is
Watching Bob Dylan in Mesa, Arizona (1988)
Mesa, Arizona: July 1988
In the summer of 1988, I had my first truly fabulous and lucrative job in a big city: Philadelphia. Dapper in my professional Brooks Brothers suits from Filene's Basement, and sober closed-toed shoes, I was making what seemed (then and now) a silly amount