Annie Galvin is a writer and academic in Charlottesville, VA. She has written about books, music, and theater for PopMatters, LA Review of Books, Slant Magazine, Washington City Paper, and others. She has a PhD in English and teaches courses on global literature, gender studies, and media at the University of Virginia.
Rewriting the rules of Americana, the Lone Bellow are ready for their mainstream moment, working with Aaron Dessner of the National and releasing one of 2015's most anticipated albums.
It's worth crediting Maroon 5 for having spawned a guilty-pleasure earworm, containing just enough traces of actual instruments to remind listeners that digital synthesizers haven't completely cannibalized rock 'n' roll.