Johnny Ace was one of the biggest stars of the ’50s until one fateful Christmas Day in Houston
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I recently sat with my friends Annie and Matt and described my year of listening to country music. As I told them, it has…
Fans of Patty Griffin — and there are many — can tell you that the singer/songwriter’s story has had a missing chapter since the turn of the new Century. It…
Ken Shane interviews one of America’s greatest songwriters
Good golly, Ms. Dolly, rock our date night right into Preservation Hall. Have a ball.
The Editor-in-Chief runs down some of his favorite music from the year that was
Ken Shane was back at the Newport Folk Festival this year — but this time, he wasn’t just there as a journalist.
Bob Dylan is 70 years old, and the Popdose Staff has pulled together a massive post to honor him. Here are 70 of our favorite Dylan songs, one for each year.
When Scottish cock rockers Nazareth slowed things down to play “Love Hurts,” the whole world slowed with them. Rob Smith pays tribute in this week’s Death by Power Ballad.
The Popdose Podcast returns with an interview with Gorman Bechard, the creative force behind Color me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements.
Buddy Miller has assembled a veritable guitar army for his latest effort, and matched the pickers with a talented roster of singers doing classic country songs.
Before Zach Galifianakis was Between Two Ferns John Candy was “between two pillows.” Kelly Stitzel explores the soundtrack to the John Hughes classic Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Daniel Lanois is well known as a brilliant producer. His band Black Dub has released their debut album and Ken Shane thinks it’s one of the highlights of 2010.
Emmylou Harris burst on to the music world when the late Gram Parsons brought her into his band. Over the course of two albums and an endless number of tour…
To celebrate Tuesday’s release of the new Patty Griffin album Downtown Church, Popdose looks back at the catalog of one of Americana’s brightest lights.
When I conceived this post, I had actually planned to broaden the category to “Demolition” so I could include classics like AC/DC’s “TNT” and the Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the…
Popdose favorite Shawn Colvin has a new live album out — and to celebrate, she spoke with ace reporter Jon Cummings.
It certainly wouldn’t be accurate to say that Buddy and Julie Miller have bad luck. After all, each of them has had wonderful career as songwriter and performer. They’ve each…
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