Review: Those Poor Bastards- "Is This Hell?"
If you have been following country music's underground for any substantial period of time, you have undoubtedly came into contact with Those Poor Bastards and their unique brand of goth-country. Combining the darker edges of old-time folk and roots music with punk influences, the Wisconsin duo have carved
My Bigsby Steel Guitar
Christmas came a little early this year. Santa brought me a triple-neck Bigsby steel guitar.
Well, not really Santa. More like the UPS man. And this one’s been a long time coming.
From 1944 to 1963 Paul A. Bigsby meticulously crafted electric guitars, steels and mandolins – at his peak
On Huey Lewis and Amy Winehouse
Saturday night, as I was somewhere in the middle of a fairly packed Chastain Park in Atlanta, sweating my ass off, grooving to the surprisingly good soul music coming from Huey Lewis and the News (turns out they're good for more than just pop hits), I got thinking
Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow
Bury Me Beneath The Weeping Willow is a great song with a history that tells us much about how country music came to be. I became interested in the song and its history after hearing it as the uncredited and untitled bonus track on The Greencards new CD, The Brick
Talking with Gillian & David - "When she sings, she sounds lonesome - what are you going to do?"
Talking with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival
Part One
July 15, 2011 Vancouver
By Douglas Heselgrave
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings on the Main Stage
Photo by Sam Parton
I had spent days trying to line up an interview with Gillian Welch and David
Going Further West on the Road With Shannon McNally
Shannon McNally could be like one of those characters in Treme, the critically acclaimed HBO series about New Orleans musicians surviving in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Actually, Shannon McNally should be one of those characters. She already knows the part by heart.
In a 2005 cover story for OffBeat,