There’s nothing in the Rush catalog that’s been played live more than the first two parts of their 1976 masterpiece “2112.” They’ve been the highlight of nearly every Rush show since the album came out, surfacing more than 1,300 times onstage. Even on the 2012/2013 Clockworks Angels tour where there …
Read More »Inside Josh Ritter's New Album Collaboration With Jason Isbell
It’s a rainy November evening in Nashville and Josh Ritter and Jason Isbell are huddled in front of the console at Sound Emporium Studios, an historic space located in an otherwise nondescript building in the city’s Belmont neighborhood. It’s the last recording session for Ritter’s new album, which Isbell is …
Read More »Ryan Bingham Returns to the Roadhouse With New Song 'Jingle and Go'
Ryan Bingham is getting back in the saddle this winter as he prepares to release American Love Song, his first LP of new material in four years. The performer gets back to his gritty roadhouse roots on his latest song, “Jingle and Go.” The new track, which will lead off …
Read More »Royal Trux Detail First LP Since 2000, 'White Stuff'
Royal Trux announced their first album in 19 years, White Stuff, out March 1st via Fat Possum. The alt-rock duo previewed the LP with its ragged title-track, a barrage of garage-rock distortion, stomping drums, woozy slide-guitar and echoing tandem vocals. Throughout the swaggering cut, Jennifer Herrema and Neil Hagerty celebrate …
Read More »Lucy Dacus Plots 2019 Headlining US Tour
Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus announced a headlining 2019 U.S. tour launching February 1st in Durham, North Carolina and wrapping March 22nd in Washington D.C. Tickets for the U.S. dates go on sale Friday, December 14th. Following the jaunt, the indie-rock singer-songwriter will perform May festival slots at Atlanta, Georgia’s Shaky Knees …
Read More »This Week in Music: Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus, Ozuna, Nicki Minaj, Swmrs
List to this week’s YouTube Music playlist here. “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus Sounds like: An emotionally fragile pop banger Perfect for: Crying on the dance floor She’s a little bit country, he’s a little bit disco. Mark Ronson recruited Miley Cyrus for the first …
Read More »Folk Duo Carolina Story Talk Grand Ole Opry, Creative Writing on Chris Shiflett Podcast
“The power of two people sitting down and singing together just knocks you out, doesn’t it?” That’s Chris Shiflett‘s response to Carolina Story’s live performance of “We Were Young Once Too,” which fills the final moments of the duo’s appearance on Walking the Floor. As longtime partners onstage and off, …
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