Thursday, November 1 2012
Today’s “New” Music Is All Folked Up
One of today’s biggest musical trends owes a debt to one of music’s oldest traditions – buddies gathered on a front porch jamming with guitars, banjos, and mandolins. Some of today’s most popular groups sound like they belong in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1920s, not on alternative radio of the 2010s.
Thursday, October 20 2011
John Wesley Harding: Video-making Man
John Wesley Harding teams up with Eugene Mirman for new video, "Sing Your Own Song", which spoofs a Paul Simon classic.
Friday, September 9 2011
Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Tunes into Book World with ‘Wildwood’
“The Decemberists will be pretty quiet for a bit,” said Colin Meloy, adding that it will be a few years before fans see another record. In the meantime, Meloy plans to give this series of at least three books, which begins with Wildwood, his full attention.
Thursday, August 25 2011
The Decemberists: iTunes Session EP
The iTunes Session EP, with its almost exact recreation of album cuts, all but makes more real and palatable a possible lack of creativity with the band.
Wednesday, July 27 2011
Telluride Bluegrass Festival: 16 - 19 June 2011 (Saturday)
Four days of sun, banjos, snow, Mumfords, fiddles, and rock gods at 10,000 feet where, by Saturday, things get challenging.
Wednesday, June 22 2011
Desitively Bonnaroo: Reporting from the Land of Dust and Music (Part 3)
You’re here to see your favorite indie-rock act, and you just so happen to have great representatives from other musical styles to explore as well.
Monday, March 23 2009
The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
Beware! Here there be shape-shifters, amoral rakes, an ill-tempered Queen, and a hell of a well-executed rock opera.
Monday, March 2 2009
Various Artists:Dark Was the Night
In its 20th year and in the hands of the National's Dessner Brothers, Red Hot delivers another compilation
