Willa Mae Buckner - Requiem for a snake lady
In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where more than a few people own decorative license plates reading "Tobacco Pays My Bills", you can take the Waughtown Street exit and then maneuver toward the Alvarado Joyeria. That's a jewelry store, and that's where you turn on your
Osborne Brothers - A high lead, a long run
"We were getting to the age to where we could tell who was playing what and how and why. Bobby and I, we really started to hone in on that harmony thing. Because I could look at him and I knew what he was doing, and he could do
Neko Case - Destiny rides again
It's a recurring theme in our conversation, though not by design -- which is perfect, because that pretty much is the theme. Grand plans just seem to fall into Neko Case's hands, like a destiny she had nothing to do with, but she seized the opportunity
Willie Nile - Beautiful Wreck Of The World
With his raspy yelp of a voice, a poetic gift both urbane and romantic, and a wildly kinetic and acrobatic stage show, Willie Nile burst onto the late '70s New York City scene as the bastard spawn of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Despite two fine albums for Arista
Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya
"You've got an invalid haircut/And it hurts when you smile." With the opening lines to the title track of his latest album, Warren Zevon further establishes his reputation as a songwriter to equal John Prine. Like Prine, too, he's spent the last couple
Charlie Burton - One Man's Trash
Subtitled "The Charlie Burton Story, '77-'99," One Man's Trash tours across three decades of Burton's output, selected by the man himself. Originally based in Lincoln, Nebraska, he released a string of 45s and full-length albums with an assortment of band names