Book Review: Ryan Adams: Losering, A Story of Whiskeytown by David Menconi
David Menconi's biography of Ryan Adams is a fun, quick read for any fan of alt-country. Menconi draws on his own recollections and notes, interviews with Adams done prior to 2001, interviews of key players from the early days (many of which were done in 2011), and
The Holy Grail of Cosmic American Music - Gram Parsons Journal
Around the corner from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of Country Music, a bunch of lucky Americanafest goers found ourselves in the presence of the holy grail of Cosmic American Music, which, on September 14, transformed the Hard Rock Café on Broadway into our own little church. A
CD Review - The Be Good Tanyas "A Collection" (Nettwerk)
There is no shortage of erstwhile roots musicians who have shed their folk and country skins in the name of artistic growth, often with mixed results, all too frequently proving that the more they try to reinvent their sound, the more they sound the same.
Then there are the folk
Did Phil Ochs Record His Own Suicide Note?
On April 9, 1976, Phil Ochs hung himself at the age of 35. However, before he went, he recorded a very beautiful song ironically titled: "No More Songs."
It starts with the first verse this way: "Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody home, I only called to
Bob Dylan on 9/11.....Again
Bob Dylan’s new album, “Tempest” drops today. According to the publicity surrounding the release, the timing was scheduled to mark the 50th anniversary of the release of his first studio album, back in 1962.
September 11, 1962.
As everyone’s thoughts are filled with 9/11 memories today, mine
The Whitman Sisters: Why We May Never Silence Them
“Black Voices, White Visions.” Such was the subtitle Marybeth Hamilton (2007) reserved for her book “In Search of the Blues”, in which she argues that the concept of the Delta Blues emerged in the late twentieth century mainly as the product of a longstanding white fascination with the voices and