Irish guitarist, singer, and songwriter Gráinne Duffy talks about growing up working in her parents’ shop and fuel station and why she believes having something to say matters more than playing great.
Monday Morning Video – Charlie Marie, Ward Hayden and Greg Hall
Charlie Marie and Ward Hayden & the Outliers, anchored by Ward Hayden and Greg Hall, are two acts carving their own paths through country music — and both dropped new music this month. Charlie’s new album landed June 5th. Ward and Greg’s duo EP dropped last week. We’re thrilled to celebrate both releases with them […]
David Serby – Broken Heart in a Honky Tonk
I love a good title. Not those rage-triggering, click-bait things you see on social media, but a well-conceived summary of what the article is about. Or the rare occasion when judging a book by its cover is justified. That’s just what you get from LA singer-songwriter David Serby’s latest album, Broken Heart in a Honky […]
Saturday Night – a Premiere from Sam Morrow
If you thought Sam Morrow’s music couldn’t get any dirtier or rawer, you’d be wrong. Morrow is back with a new album, out tomorrow, and the title says it all. Southern Boogie is full of greasy songs, loud guitars, and rhythms primed for booty-shakin’. The nods to Little Feat and early Robert Palmer that have […]
Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” I’m pretty sure the original intent of that comment was directed to relationships. I’ve observed it to be true about almost anything someone is passionate about, though. Step away from it for a while, and when you come back you rediscover what attracted you in the first place along […]
Futurebirds’ Thomas Johnson on Breaking 2.73 Strings a Show and Nurturing Income Streams
Thomas Johnson of Athens, GA’s Futurebirds talks about retiring the band’s old van “Paco” on the side of a Georgia road, rehearsing in a space that exists only in his imagination, and the TV-repair gig he took without ever being qualified for it.
Eilen Jewell Steps Off the Road, But Not Out of the Song
Photo credit: Damu Malik After two decades of nearly continuous touring, folk-Americana singer-songwriter Eilen Jewell is stepping away from the road—not as an ending, she insists, but as a recalibration. Her “indefinite hiatus” from touring marks a deliberate pause in a life shaped by motion, performance, and the steady accumulation of miles across continents. Yet […]
Monday Morning Video – Bottle Rockets
What better way to start a Monday than with a band that wrote the definitive song about it? This week’s video runs 40 minutes of the Bottle Rockets live, and yes, “Monday (Everytime I Turn Around)” is in there — along with “Dog,” “XOYOU,” “I Don’t Wanna Know,” “Ship It On the Frisco,” “Shape of […]
John R. Miller – The Great Unknowing
Way back in my youth there was a TV show called The A-Team. In it, the commander of the band of misfits exclaims, “I love it when a plan comes together,” after some hare-brained, seat-of-the-pants scheme turns out for the good. I think John R. Miller must have uttered something similar when he finished recording […]
Grey DeLisle and James Intveld On Singing Telegrams, Rick Nelson, and the Bing Crosby Plan
Grey DeLisle and James Intveld talk about a lesson in how to strum a guitar (James), a successful side hustle (Grey), and being in charge of one’s own destiny (Grey & James).