Issue Articles
Jay Farrar of Son Volt
“I’ve committed well spent days driving parts of Highway 61 from New Orleans to Minneapolis,” says Jay Farrar. He roars up “Afterglow 61” again on Okemah and the Melody of […]
Chris Whitley, Soft Dangerous Shores (Messenger)
Chris Whitley has always played as if his life depended on it. Last year’s masterful manifesto War Crime Blues was so raw you could practically taste the blood on the […]
Ryan Adams, Cold Roses (Lost Highway)
Ryan Adams is feeling good these days and that’s not a bad thing. God knows he earned Cold Roses’ “Easy Plateau” after crawling through Love Is Hell Pt. 1 and […]
Fest Focus: The Dudes
Every first-time pilgrim to Jazz Fest has a “conversion band”: a musical discovery so ear-opening that it transcends the event’s numerous minor epiphanies. For me, and for many other Fest-goers […]
