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In Their Own Words: Artists Reflect on the Bottle Rockets

Tuesday, June 09, 2026 By Mayer Danzig

On June 11th, we’ll gather at Lucinda’s in New York City’s East Village for Welfare Music: A Tribute to the Bottle Rockets. We asked some of the artists joining us that night to reflect on the band’s legacy. Here’s what they had to say. GET TICKETS GET TICKETS

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Eric Ambel, James Mastro, Nathan Xander, Rhett Miller, Rick Williams, Robert Cody Maxwell, Susan Cattaneo, The Bottle Rockets, The Hangdogs

Readers’ Pick: Rhett Miller – A Lifetime of Riding by Night

Saturday, October 18, 2025 By Tom Osborne

Rhett Miller – A Lifetime of Riding by Night (cover art)

You picked Rhett Miller – A Lifetime of Riding by Night as your favorite new release for the week of October 10, 2025.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Rhett Miller

Rhett Miller on Old 97s First Tour Van, Working as a Maître D’, and Teaching Songwriting

Tuesday, October 07, 2025 By Mayer Danzig

Rhett Miller (credit Jason Quigley)

Rhett Miller talks about the benefits that come with his role teaching undergraduates songwriting, the first song that he wrote, and Old 97s approach to rehearsals.

Filed Under: Americana, Interviews, Singer/Songwriter, Why It Matters Tagged With: Old 97's, Rhett Miller

Readers’ Pick: Rhett Miller – The Misfit

Friday, September 23, 2022 By Tom Osborne

Rhett Miller – The Misfit (cover art)

You picked Rhett Miller – The Misfit as your favorite new release for the week of September 16, 2022. Poll Results New Releases Readers’ Tops Summer & Fall 2022 Tami Neilson – Kingmaker (28 votes) The Sadies – Colder Streams (26) Parker Twomey – All This Life (24) The Deslondes – Ways & Means (19) […]

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Readers’ Pick: Rhett Miller – The Messenger

Friday, November 16, 2018 By Tom Osborne

Rhett Miller, The Messenger (cover arti)

You picked The Messenger by, Rhett Miller, as your favorite new release for the week of November 9, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Summer & Fall 2018 WILLIE NILE, Children […]

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Readers’ Pick: The Traveling Kind by Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 By Tom Osborne

EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL, The Traveling Kind - cover art

EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL, The Traveling Kind beats out RHETT MILLER WITH BLACK PRAIRIE, The Traveler by 1 vote as your favorite for the week of May 12, 2015. Poll Results     Readers’ Top 25 – Spring 2015 THE SIDESHOW TRAGEDY, Capital (50) RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, Ruffian’s Misfortune (22) DWIGHT YOAKAM, Second Hand […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Emmylou Harris, Rhett Miller, Rodney Crowell

Monday Morning Video: The Gourds with Rhett Miller

Monday, January 28, 2013 By Mayer Danzig

Did everyone hear that David Bowie has a new album coming out this year? Well, this ain’t him. It’s Austin’s favorite sons the Gourds (joined by Rhett Miller) performing the Bowie-penned “All the Young Dudes.”

Filed Under: Americana, Videos Tagged With: David Bowie, Old 97's, Rhett Miller, the Gourds

The Old 97’s – The Grand Theatre, Volume One.

Monday, October 11, 2010 By Kelly Dearmore

Much noise has been made over the past decade as we have seen bands that reveled in roots-rock rowdiness polish their tones a bit and venture into the waters of pop and even experimental sounds. Of course, for every Wilco, there’s a band like Son Volt – a band that has stayed the country-rock course. […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Features, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly Tagged With: Old 97's, Rhett Miller

Sharif – Kisses & Lies

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 By Kelly Dearmore

Traveling a path that has led him from his native Virginia, to NYC and Los Angeles, singer/songwriter Sharif (Myspace / Official) has honed his skills as an emotive performer that sheds all inhibitions with the vulnerable and excellent slice of pop, Kisses & Lies. The artist known as Sharif, tip-toes a fine line between saccharine […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Features, Folk, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Rhett Miller, Sharif

Mayer’s Playlist for June 2009, a Video Companion

Sunday, July 05, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

We kick the June video companion off with selections from this month’s spotlight artists: Missouri’s Ha Ha Tonka and Athens, Georgia’s Patterson Hood. From there we get a bevy of performances from Rhett Miller, Amy Speace, Crooked Fingers, A Camp, Andrew Ripp, The Roadside Graves, Pete Yorn and Matthew Grimm (covering Billy Bragg). We finish […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: A Camp, Amy Speace, Andrew Ripp, Athens, Boston, Cocktail Slippers, Crooked Fingers, Ha Ha Tonka, Iowa City, LA, Matthew Grimm, Movers and Shakers, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Patterson Hood, Pete Yorn, Rhett Miller, Roadside Graves, Springfield

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