I know it’s utterly blasphemous to suggest in underground circles, but my first point of entry when listening to Dylan Carlson’s new ”Conquistador,” the title track to a series of…
Neil Young
Almost everyone loves Neil Young. And Mr. Young has given us many, many excellent records which a lot of people love very much. However, some are more loved than others,…
On May 4, 1970 four students were murdered at Kent State in Ohio
Regarding Chuck Mosley, the voice of Faith No More’s “We Care A Lot” and “Introduce Yourself.”
Can a song change the world? Popular music has always been looked on as something of a disposable pleasure: reflective of its times, sure, but meant to be played among…
Singer/songwriter Ben Arthur is our guest this week on the podcast. He plays a couple of songs live and tells us all about his new album.
Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies drops by to discuss Notes Falling Slow, the band’s new box set, their return to touring and the early days of the group.
Second take? Such a treasure! On Wine Dark Sea, Jolie Holland’s sixth LP, the eclectic singer-songwriter doesn’t just sit at the intersection of blues, soul and folk — she proves…
Matthew Bolin & Lyana Fernandez are back with the 7th episode of Songs of Freedom, as they use protest music associated with events of the 1st half of 2014 as a jumping off point for their discussion.
A countdown of ten artists who broke away from their old groups and went on to release great music in their own right.
The debut album from The Rides is in stores this week. Kenny Wayne Shepherd tells us about his new band with Stephen Stills.
Last week saw the anniversary of one of the most horrific events in American history, the shootings of four unarmed college students by National Guardsmen on the campus of Ohio’s…
Lots of musicians decide they are famous and attractive enough to act, but it takes a special kind of hubris to take a break from making music to direct a…
Ken Shane sits down with newly rediscovered superstar Sixto Rodriguez
Their long musical partnership has been good to David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. During the period when they added Neil Young to the group, it was very good…
With this, the fourth installment of our look at AM Gold: 1979, the Digging for Gold series comes to a close. Thanks to everyone for reading, listening, and mellowing with us!
As music fans, bands find their way into our song-obsessed hearts in a variety of ways and some of the best experiences come about very unexpectedly. I think we all…
I didn’t intend for this lapse to happen, but it’s taken me over a week to get around to writing my Outside Lands coverage. Yeah, I happened to have a…
One man doom merchant, Judd Madden, shares the five albums he just couldn’t be without.
There are wide swaths of the Neil Young catalog that I’m never going to have any use for, but when I heard he was cutting traditional American folk songs with…
Episode 3 focuses on MTV: the role of politics in its history and programming, and the politically motivated artists who’ve been a part of it.
On a Thanksgiving night 35 years ago tomorrow, the Band bid farewell at The Last Waltz. Among the show’s many highlights was Van Morrison’s scintillating rendition of “Caravan.”
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Scotty Alan makes his picks.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Jason Corcoran of Gaston Light makes his picks.
If you could only listen to five albums, which ones would you choose? In this edition of Desert Island Discs, Alyssa Graham makes her picks.
“Death by Power Ballad” explores Extreme’s “More Than Words.”