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NRBQ: “High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective”
NRBQ High Noon: A 50-Year Retrospective Omnivore Over half a century of lineup changes, record-company breakups and grueling roadwork, NRBQ has remained true to its audaciously inclusive musical...
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In Memoriam: Greg Trooper, Jan. 13, 1956 – Jan. 15, 2017
By Scott Schinder Veteran singer-songwriter Greg Trooper passed away on January 15, two days after his 61st birthday, following a year-and-a-half battle with pancreatic cancer. A distinctive troubadour...
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Q&A: Tift Merritt
By Scott Schinder Tift Merritt’s sixth studio album, Stitch of the World, finds the North Carolina-bred singer-songwriter-guitarist delivering some of her most potent country-soul songcraft to date....
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Q&A: Nikki Lane
By Scott Schinder On the cover of her third album, Highway Queen, outlaw-country upstart Nikki Lane poses in a vintage dress, draped across the horns of a massive Texas longhorn steer. It’s an...
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Q&A: Jay Farrar
By Scott Schinder It’s been over 20 years since Jay Farrar launched Son Volt in the wake of the breakup of Uncle Tupelo, the pioneering alt-country combo he co-fronted Jeff Tweedy (later of Wilco) from...
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Neil Young: “Hitchhiker”
NEIL YOUNG Hitchhiker Reprise It’s hard to think of an artist who’s benefited more from the archivist impulse of the CD (and post-CD) era than Neil Young. Famous for shelving songs, scrapping entire...
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Townes Van Zandt: “Sky Blue”
TOWNES VAN ZANDT Sky Blue Fat Possum Considering the fact that he never sold many records when he was alive, it’s remarkable how many of Townes Van Zandt’s unofficial recordings — demos, live sets and...
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Son Volt: “Union”
SON VOLT Union Transmit Sound/Thirty Tigers In his quarter-century at the helm of Son Volt, preceded by his pioneering stint as co-leader of Uncle Tupelo, Jay Farrar has maintained an understated yet...
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In Memoriam: Roky Erickson, July 15, 1947 – May 31, 2019
By Scott Schinder In his seven decades on this planet, Roky Erickson — psychedelic pioneer, punk progenitor, horror-rock maestro — scaled dizzying creative heights and spent extended stretches living...
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In Memoriam: Daniel Johnston, Jan. 22, 1961 – Sept. 10, 2019
By Scott Schinder Outsider artist and singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston, a longtime icon of Austin’s alternative scene, died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Waller, Texas, on Tuesday. He was...
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