Features
Friday, August 6 2004
The Wilco You Weren't Supposed to Hear
At a relaxed distance, in a part of the country where Wilco seldom travels, I can play dumb to all that fan chatter and, taking a cue from John Crowe Ransom, use a little 'formal criticism' to evaluate the 'Demos' in their own context.
Tuesday, April 2 2002
Dueling Banjos: Scruggs-style vs. the Clawhammer
What Earl Scruggs brought to banjo was a 'little something extra', that being his middle finger . . . In fact, it can be said with a straight face that Scruggs is the father of industrial music, because his home environment had everything to do with his sound.
Friday, May 25 2001
A Song for Memorial Day
-- On this Memorial Day, while others will attend cookouts, go to the movies, or find the nearest swimming hole, I will be going on a search to find Clyde's grave.
Reviews
Thursday, November 17 2005
The Everybodyfields: Plague of Dreams
Close your eyes, and Quinn and Andrews' keening, close harmonies will transport you to the late 1940s, to that blissful world of battery radios before the Nashville Sound came and sanded the edges off country music.
Tuesday, November 8 2005
Michael Holland: Tomorrows American Treasures
Holland maintains his extraordinary focus, showing his astute respect for traditional American music while varnishing it with enough trippy nuance to keep it vital.
