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Ryan Adams: Dreaming in Big Colors

Wednesday, May 12, 2021 By Suzanne McMahon

Emerging from the depths of the 2019 #MeToo scandal, Ryan Adams is back and ready to rock. While his most recent record, “Wednesdays,” was a lesson in acoustic soul-baring, “Big Colors” goes in a completely different direction with it’s 80s rock vibes. I’ve had it on repeat for the past 4 days straight (this is […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Reviews, Ryan Adams

SXSW 2016 – The Sounds, Part 2

Wednesday, March 30, 2016 By Mayer Danzig

SXSW never lacks for great music, so here are more favorites from 2016. Ryan Adams One of the few relatively big budget corporate events this year was Marriott hosting a couple of nights of music at their downtown Austin location. It was an interesting venue as the ballroom setting made the shows feel sort of […]

Filed Under: Americana, Pop, Rock, SXSW Tagged With: Beach Slang, Brian Whelan, Escondido, Grand Champeen, James McMurtry, Jon Dee Graham, Ryan Adams, Terra Lightfoot

Readers’ Pick: Best of Summer 2015

Friday, October 02, 2015 By Tom Osborne

BOBBY LONG , Ode to Thinking beats out PUGWASH, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) as your favorite for the Summer of 2015. Readers’ Top 25 – Summer 2015 BOBBY LONG, Ode to Thinking (134) PUGWASH, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends) (78) JASON ISBELL, Something More Than Free (34) THE BLACKBERRY BUSHES STRINGBAND, Three […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Readers' Pick Tagged With: Black Lillies, Blitzen Trapper, Joe Ely, Joe Jackson, Los Lobos, Matt Nathanson, Mipso, Ryan Adams, The Bottle Rockets, Webb Wilder, Wood Brothers

Readers’ Pick: All A Man Should Do by Lucero

Friday, September 25, 2015 By Tom Osborne

Lucero - All A Man Can Do - cover art

LUCERO, All A Man Should Do beats out DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE, Nashville Obsolete as your favorite for the week of September 18, 2015. Poll Results New Releases LOS LOBOS, Gates Of Gold Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. […]

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Dave Alvin, dave rawlings machine, Don Henley, Gabrielle Aplin, Joe Ely, Keith Richards, Kim Simmonds, Los Lobos, Lucero, Patrick Sweany, Patty Griffin, Phil Alvin, Ryan Adams, Sam Morrow, Savoy Brown, The Dead Weather, Webb Wilder

Monday Morning Video – Ryan Adams “Come Pick Me Up”

Monday, June 22, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

Here’s a spectacular version of this Ryan Adams classic, made all the more enjoyable when you see Neil Finn and Janis Ian quietly singing along.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Videos Tagged With: Ryan Adams

Twangville’s Shaky Knees 2015 Recap

Thursday, May 14, 2015 By Mayer Danzig

A new location brought a special surprise – no rain. Rain, often torrential, is a Shaky Knees tradition. From year one’s mudfest to last year’s lightning storm, the weather has never been kind to Shaky Knees. Until this year, that is. The sun shone bright (perhaps too much at times, but I’m not complaining), making […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Jazz, News, Pop, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Frank Turner, Mariachi El Bronx, Noel Gallagher, Old 97's, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ryan Adams, Social Distortion, The Damnwells, Wilco

Ryan Rocks Boston’s Wang Theatre

Monday, December 01, 2014 By Suzanne McMahon

  Ryan Adams & The Shining Wang Theatre, Boston MA November 18, 2014 Backed by his new band, “The Shining,” Ryan Adams arrived on stage in Boston in his uniform of ripped jeans, shaggy (dreadlocked?) hair, and punk rock patched jean jacket, ready to rock. And just to remind the audience of his current obsessions, […]

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Newport Folk Festival – Friday

Friday, August 15, 2014 By Jeff McMahon

Ryan Adams really summed up the 2014 Newport Folk Fest experience well when he said, “”Like ten years ago I was depressed and now I’m playing music with *&$%ing sailboats in the background.” The setting at the legendary festival is literally one of the most beautiful spots as it juts far out into Narragansett Bay. […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Folk, Reviews Tagged With: Alt-Country, Americana, Folk, Jenny Lewis, Lake Street Dive, Newport Folk Festival, Ryan Adams, Sun Kil Moon

Monday Morning Video: Whiskeytown

Monday, July 09, 2012 By Mayer Danzig

Ah Ryan, such a great songwriter and always so, um, soft-spoken. Here’s a gem from 1997.

Filed Under: Americana, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown

Monday Morning Video: Ryan Adams Covers Bob Mould

Monday, December 05, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

I hope that everyone has been keeping up with Suzanne’s survey of Ryan Adams musical catalog (parts 1 and 2; stay tuned for part 3!). Adams recently appeared at a tribute to legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist Bob Mould. Mould has provided us with legions of music from his tenures with Husker Du and Sugar […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Bob Mould, Craig Finn, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Ryan Adams, The Hold Steady

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