Todd Snider and his "Mostly True Tall Tales"
The other day, I was hassling a friend of mine about taking his sweet time to read singer-songwriter Todd Snider’s new book, I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like: Mostly True Tall Tales.
“I might just quit reading this Merle Haggard bio and go buy the
Luluc: A Life in Many Movements
Preface: Nineteen years ago this month, Grant Alden and I were deep in the midst of creating the debut issue of No Depression magazine, which launched in autumn 1995 in Seattle. Nearly two decades later, our lives are much different. Grant and his wife run a bookstore and coffee shop
Hank Williams Jr. A Retrospective Concert
I can still hear that small bit of feedback over the intercom back in 1984 at Pacolet Elementary School.
"Jason Robinson please come to the office your being signed out"
I knew I was going to be leaving early this day and for good reason. The year was
Antje Duvekot Has a Lot Of Living — And Giving — To Do
If life begins at 40,Antje Duvekotalready has experienced a false start. And that's just fine with her.
The Boston-based singer-songwriter, who is preparing to teach next week at the Song School in Lyons, Colorado, then perform at the Aug. 15-17 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival,
In Appreciation of: Eric Clapton
Last month, Eric Clapton suggested that his days of touring are over. “The road has become unbearable,” he said. “It's become unapproachable, because it takes so long to get anywhere. It's hostile – everywhere: getting in and out of airports, traveling on planes and in cars.”
Understandable,
What Happens When a Band Learns its Name was an Obscure Racial Epithet? Meet Parsonsfield.
For Poor Old Shine, it started with a song… a traditional prison work song of the American South, called “Ain’t No Cane on This Brazos.” It’s been interpreted by everyone from Dylan and the Band, to the Low Anthem, Lyle Lovett and the Wood Brothers. And it was