I have always been somewhat apathetic about Derek Trucks. I saw him when he was little kid in a night club in the 90s and thought he was pretty incredible but I have never bought into the hype surrounding his talent. As his career progressed, with his own band as well as with the Allman Brothers I can’t say my opinion […]
I missed out on Hüsker Du as a teenager. I vividly remember seeing the huge displays for Warehouse: Songs and Stories at the mall record store and thinking they were really going overboard for a band I never heard of. Flash forward a few years and I see the video for Bob Mould’s “See a […]
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I heard Mandolin Orange for the first time a little over a year ago after they were recommended by somebody I worked with. I was immediately taken by their sound and I really enjoyed their 2016 release Blindfaller so I didn’t hesitate when my editor ask me to review their new album, Tides of a […]
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photos by Lisa Davidson I had never heard of Alejandro Escovedo before moving to Nashville in the late 90s. A friend I worked with loved him and turned me on to his work with Rank & File as well as his solo offerings. I liked what I heard but over the years I drifted in […]
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The first time I heard of Tyler Childers was after he opened for Margo Price during her multi-night Ryman run in Nashville this spring. The excitement and over-the-top enthusiasm for they way he supposedly tore the roof off the place and upstaged Price (at least on the first night) definitely caught my attention. I made […]
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I have always had a love/hate relationship with new Christmas music. I typically appreciate the effort but usually find myself cringing at how awful it turns out. I tell you that because I had a massive sense of avoidance when my editor asked me to review a new Christmas release by a prominent Americana artist. […]
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photos by Lisa Davidson I walked out of the cold, rainy Nashville night into The Basement East just as Colter Wall started to sing. He stood there on stage, alone, with only a guitar between him and the audience. You could have heard a pin drop between notes and verses as he instantly held the […]
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photos by Jon Cameron It was a prematurely freezing night in Nashville when the Drive-By Truckers rolled into The Cannery Ballroom for the first show of their two night stand in Music City. The venue was packed and the uber talented Lilly Hiatt opened the show with fire and passion. By the time she finished […]
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There those who listen to music and they are content hearing the popular songs off of hit albums and then there are music lovers who seek out and hunt down every note ever played by the artists they like. I fall into the latter category and for this reason I was beyond excited to hear […]
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In 1978 or so my relatives in Germany sent me a budget Byrds compilation lp. I didn’t know anything about the band as I was nine years old but I was immediately taken by their harmonies, the intricacies of the melodies and how they seemed to effortlessly move into and out of various styles of […]
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