Before he became the equivalent of a hillbilly Che Guevara Steve Earle was the king of roots-rock. Since moving to New York City, and shunning his redneck past, the roots-rock division seems open for the…
I remember the comedian Chris Rock on a cable filmed stand-up special saying something like what is the world coming to when the top rapper in the world is white (Eminem) and the top golfer…
Matt Umanov knows a thing or two about guitars. His New York City West Village shop has been selling new and vintage guitars since 1965 as well as doing excellent repairs and upgrades. Steve Earle…
The 2008 Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Nominees have been announced with Alison Krauss & Robert Plant getting the most nods for their moody roots release “Raising Sand.” Some are dead on and some,…
Sure most genres deal with topic of love but few can work all the angles like country and roots music. Courting, marriage, sex, cheating, fighting, break-ups, shooting, disposing of bodies… it’s all there in all…
CMT reports that spooky author and member of the Rock Bottom Remainders band Stephen King has included new albums by Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett on his year-end list of favorite music, published in the…
Kurt Campbell who’s bio states that he’s is an expert on Asia and security issues who is now chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and served in the Pentagon in the…
It’s rare to walk out of a concert and think, “Damn I was just a witness to a piece of musical history.” On a warm, humid night last Tuesday I thought just that. I came…
The New York Times has a nice write up on the Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” show played Tuesday night at Town Hall in New York City. This was the third of…
Texas expat and roots rock legend will take time from promoting his latest album, Washington Square Serenade (9/25) and shooting HBO’s The Wire, where he stretched and portrays an ex-junkie, and heads uptown from his…