West Virginia singer-songwriter William Matheny talks about Isaac Asimov, destination dining, and why every US citizen should be drafted into two years of mandatory customer and food service upon turning the age of 18.
Monday Morning Video – Eric Ambel & Sophie Gault in NYC
On July 19th, Eric Ambel and Sophie Gault play Groove in the West Village, and they’re bringing their own kind of heat — the kind you actually want. Ambel’s been running electric current through a guitar for decades, across a solo and production career that’s still going. Gault generates her own voltage, and it runs […]
Low Cut Connie’s Adam Weiner on Parking Lot Meals and Touring with a 400-Pound Piano
Adam Weiner, pianist and frontman of Low Cut Connie, talks about driving himself to gigs in his own Hyundai while the band and crew travel in a 15-passenger van, rehearsing in a 200-year-old barn in New Jersey, and why he wishes he had learned the business side of music earlier than he did.
American Aquarium – New Ways to Lose
With their 11th studio album New Ways to Lose, American Aquarium and front man BJ Barham continue to prove why they remain one of the most vital voices in Americana and roots rock. Produced once again by Shooter Jennings and tracked live over a 10-day session in Los Angeles, the record captures the band at […]
Two July Nights in NYC
Kitchen-table harmonies, a banjo thesis on Bach, a voice made for a raucous Saturday night, and the guy who was playing Americana before it had a name. Two bills at Groove in NYC’s West Village this July, the 9th and the 19th, both at 7pm. July 9 — Golden Everything + Danny Golden 7pm at […]
Samantha Fish and the Last Honest Noise
There was a time when live albums felt dangerous. Not polished. Not corrected by committee. Dangerous. You could hear the room breathing. You could hear amplifiers misbehaving and drummers pushing a little too hard. Sometimes the singer missed a note. Sometimes the singer found one nobody knew existed until that exact second. A live record […]
Gráinne Duffy on a Collapsing Touring Economy and Her Horse Barn Studio
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]