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The 34-year-old singer, guitarist, and songwriter Ryan Higgs must be sick to death of the constant comparisons he gets to Paul Westerberg, although Higgs...
Chris Knight
Music that listeners are supposed to take seriously often comes from obscure artists who write dark songs. While Chris Knight is critically praised, the...
David Kimbrough Jr.
David Kimbrough Jr.’s mix of old-time blues soul sounds on Shell-Shocked undoubtedly reflects the influence of his father Junior Kimbrough’s hypnotic blues groove. The...
Big Machines
U2-ish rockers Titan Moon have been quiet 'round these parts lately, chiefly because primary songwriters Tyler Casey and Nate Schneidewent got better things to...
POPFEST!
Music festival season is officially in full swing, especially ’round these parts. This weekend sees not one but two indie festivals, and they’re both...
Charlie Musselwhite
Delta Hardware is hard-edged, harmonica-laced, electric blues from the bottom of Charlie Musselwhite’s roots (Mississippi Delta via Memphis and Chicago). Musselwhite, who recently settled...
Stars and Bars (and Product Endorsements)
Ax-man extraordinaire “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott may be gone, but don’t think for a second that he hasn’t left behind a treasure trove of music.
He...
Sam Bush
The difference between bluegrass and newgrass is kinda like the difference between rockabilly and early rock ’n’ roll: The latter, at its best, draws...
FWWMA Wrap-Up
Our ninth annual Music Awards showcase last week in Sundance Square couldn't have gone better. And I don't think I'm being hyperbolic.
All 24 bands...
Gram Parsons
Fallen Angel, a documentary on singer-songwriter Gram Parsons, has an interesting angle: that the Southern man’s career goal was to die young and become...
