Jeff Tweedy / Ben Kweller - Lilli's (Somerville, MA)
Jeff Tweedy is cock.
"I could fill you in with the cock...stuff", offered the Wilco frontman, after performing a new song, "War On War", and telling the audience it was called "Cock On Cock". "Being around Ben [Kweller, the show's
Randall Hylton: 1945 to 2001
On March 14, 56-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist Randall Hylton died in Nashville, Tennessee, after suffering an aneurysm.
"America's Foremost Bluegrass Songwriter" is how he was described on a 1994 album cover, and it was a plausible billing. His songs were recorded by everyone from
John Fahey: 1939 to 2001
John Fahey first died in 1964 shortly after going insane. Thus wrote one Chester Petranick (John Fahey) in the notes to the 1967 version of the eponymous LP of the Fahey-discovered aging bluesman "Blind Joe Death" (John Fahey). Blind Joe was the cat who made his first
Don't Forget Me: The Eddie Cochran Story
In baseball, a five-tool player is recognized as one with superstar potential, able to throw, run, field, hit for average and hit with power. In rock 'n' roll, Eddie Cochran was a five-tool musician, with skills as a guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and producer.
Best known
Paved Country - Ten years after
"I've got something to tell you baby/Honey, it's bad news," Marjie Alonso sings at the start of "I Wish Our Love Was New" -- yet the release of Paved Country's second CD is anything but that. Fronted by Alonso and
Justin Trevino - What's in a namesake
It has been said that you can't swing a dead cat in Austin without hitting a good musician. Even so, it would take quite a few swings to tag an artist the likes of Justin Trevino.
Blind since birth, Trevino was born in Brownsville, Texas, at the southern