Tuesday, September 6 2011
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings: 21 August 2011 - Greenville, SC
Welch and Rawlings may have experienced a creative drought, but they were getting better the entire time.
Thursday, June 3 2010
Dave Rawlings Machine: 2 June 2010 - New York
The musically gifted, and symbiotic, Dave Rawlings and Gillian Welch led his Machine through two great sets at the Bowery Ballroom Wednesday night.
Tuesday, May 26 2009
Sara Watkins: Sara Watkins
Nickel Creek's fiddler steps out on her own with her John Paul Jones-produced self-titled debut. It's a laid-back album that wisely focuses on her voice and her violin.
Wednesday, November 26 2008
Who Says Country Can’t Hip-Hop?
Poverty, crime, disenfranchisement, sinning, saving, and no-account women: Stereotypical subjects of the average country song, or the average hip-hop song?
Tuesday, October 28 2008
Murder, My Sweet
They might kick me out of the feminist club for this, but I love murder ballads, even the ones in which women get killed—though, to be fair, I am an equal opportunity advocate when it comes to a good killing narrative.
