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Although 2015 is still young, Jerry Lawson’s new album Just a Mortal Man already wins the award for top soul album of the year. Having spent 40 years as the lead singer of the a capella group The Persuasions, having performed on the same bill as Joni Mitchell, Solomon

Without Getting Killed or Caught: The Life and Music of Guy Clark traces the life of music pioneer Guy Clark, who, with his wife Susanna, shaped the contemporary folk and American roots music scene much like F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald fashioned the jazz age in Paris. I have spent

I’ve been trying to write this article about what it’s like being on tour with The Avett Brothers for six months. It’s not that I have nothing to say. Quite the opposite – I’ve got pages and pages of material. What’s been holding me back is

Back in January, Steve Earle and Willie Nile had to cancel their City Winery show because of our awful New York winter weather.  It's April now, though still too cold for me, and the gentlemen reconvened with us for a warm, glad evening right after Easter. Willie Nile

In 2006, I was in the first year of my road-dogging, still fresh-faced, energetic, and full of my signature hopeful positivity. I had made a record with my dear friend Jim Brunberg, the owner of Mississippi Studios in Portland, who’s also a member of the band Box

Though many music fans still do not recognize his name, Chris Hillman has had a monumental impact on American music and may have one of the most impressive resumes of any contemporary musician. He’s probably most famous for being a founder of the legendary Byrds in 1964, with Roger