Brandi Carlile: More to the Story
Most singers blessed with robust voices these days are content to fly their melodies as high and wide as possible, forsaking the song for the histrionics and allowing auto-tune to do the rest, with no real craft to be found anywhere in the process. But, for Brandi Carlile, voice is
Ryan Bingham Returns with 'Fear and Saturday Night'
So often, you get a tune stuck in your head, which could be a good or bad thing. “I’ve been carryin’ my trouble / I’m this pack strapped to my shoulder." Out of nowhere, you begin to hum it or sing a line wondering at first where or
Rhiannon Giddens: Her Turn
Our story begins in Ohio, at Oberlin College. A busy college conservatory hallway, where deep-thinking coeds bustle past, discussing music theory and other heady ideas. In walks a young woman from Greensboro, NC, named Rhiannon Giddens – tall and dark-skinned, high cheekbones, a playful, thoughtful look in her eye, an opera
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys Come Into Their Own
Lindsay Lou and Joshua Rilko, the husband-and-wife core of Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys, were backpacking Central America's so-called Gringo Highway when they met a man who had the secret to love.
"He told Josh there were three steps to take," Lindsay Lou Rilko says by
Pat McGee Gets an Assist from Old friends, and the United States Navy
My relationship with Pat McGee’s music started in the mid-nineties, and came about as a result of my children. Back then my three oldest were in high school all at the same time. They were raised to appreciate great music having been fed a steady diet of Dylan, The
Justin Townes Earle May Have His 'Mamas Eyes,' But He Surely Is His Father's Son
A lacklustre Justin Townes Earle failed to work his magic at the Glee Club, Nottingham.
In a relatively short career, Earle has undergone various incarnations. He was once described as one of GQ's "most stylish men in the world". This night, he ambled on stage to