Son Volt Charges Up for New Album, ‘Electro Melodier,’ in July
Photo credit: Ismael Quintanilla III [No Depression] By Stacy Chandler Like a needed kick in the butt as the world returns to something like normal, Son Volt is back with their 10th studio album, Electro Melodier, coming out July 30 on Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers. “I wanted to concentrate on the melodies which got me into music ...
Hear ‘Follow,’ Gary Louris’ ‘Full-on Love Song’ for His Niece’s Wedding
“I wanted to give [her] something more than a nice place setting of china,” Louris says of the latest offering from his upcoming solo record [Rolling Stone] By JONATHAN BERNSTEIN After years of exploring tangled heartbreak, Jayhawks singer-songwriter Gary Louris has written the most straightforward love song of his career. “Follow,” the latest offering from the singer-songwriter’s ...
Mary Gauthier, Patty Griffin Playing the Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah This Year
[The Oklahoman] By Brandy McDonnell After making her Woody Guthrie Folk Festival debut virtually in 2020, Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier will finally get to make a pilgrimage to the late, great folk icon’s Oklahoma hometown this summer. “I really, really want to experience it,” Gauthier told The Oklahoman in a 2020 interview. “He painted pictures, and that’s ...
Watch Nathaniel Rateliff’s Tiny Desk (home) Concert, Live from the Mercury Cafe
[NPR] By Bob Boilen Nathaniel Rateliff stands in an old familiar place, sharing his pain. The Mercury Café is one of the first places Nathaniel frequented when he moved to Denver in 1998, hearing jazz, dancing, and eventually playing many shows there. For his Tiny Desk (home) concert, he’s assembled a dozen players including a ...
Kacy & Clayton And Marlon Williams: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
[NPR] By Bob Boilen WATCH HERE The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space. Across hemispheres, despite a nearly 8,000-mile ...
