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Two Generations of Musicians Share How One Inspired the Other
Jarrett Dougherty (Screaming Females) helped his father release his record — years after his father helped him realize his dream.
Here’s What It’s Like to Go on Tour…in National Parks
Dana Falconberry’s most recent tour is every avid camper’s ultimate vacation.
M.C. Taylor Remembers His Songwriting Hero, Guy Clark
The Hiss Golden Messenger frontman never met Clark, but he knows exactly what he would have told the legend.
Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) Talks a Playlist of Songs from His Favorite Albums of 2015
Hood's playlist will make you laugh, cry and... cry some more.
Zachary Lipez (Freshkills, Publicist UK) Talks Lasher Keen’s The Middle Kingdom
Zachary Lipez thinks the new album from myth-rocket Lasher Keen is worthy, but not a (chaotic) good place for new fans to start.
Ron Sexsmith Talks Laura Marling’s Short Movie
Darkly atmospheric, emotionally tough and fiercely individual, Laura Marling’s new album reminds a great songwriter of an episode from his youth.
Amy Klein (Leda, Hilly Eye, Titus Andronicus) Talks Inside Llewyn Davis and the Art of Failure
For every Bob Dylan, there are a 1,000 Llewyn Davises — hopeful young men whose voices crack in all the right places, but reach in all the wrong...
Devon Welsh (Majical Cloudz) Talks Mutual Benefit’s Love’s Crushing Diamond
To me, Mutual Benefit's debut Love’s Crushing Diamond is foremost about the constant passage of momentary time and the recognition of this...
Rennie Sparks (the Handsome Family) Talks Barry McCormack’s Cut Throat Lane
Barry McCormack’s songs are gritty short films that deeply and sensitively evoke the dark, damp streets of modern Dublin. It feels like it's been...
James McNew (Dump, Yo La Tengo) Talks Steve Gunn’s Time Off
As tropes go, the "vastly talented psychedelic/folk guitarist making fantastic records" is enjoying one hell of a heady showing these days.
Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, Blackout Beach) Talks Josephine Foster’s Blood Rushing
Josephine Foster's Blood Rushing was recorded in the Colorado mountains, high up in the gold-green air — recorded as a band playing together...










