FEATURES
The New Cowgirls
With major labels pushing them into a radio game they can’t win, country’s freshest female artists find alternate routes to the top
DEPARTMENTS
Letter Gary Chetkof champions community on the airwaves—and the festival stage
Opening Act Snippets, fun, interviews, reviews. Go meet Elmore at shows and compare notes!
Kickin’ in Your Stall Observations on the oxymoron “truth in marketing,” by our non-moron Carl Gustafson
Influences On The Record After a pit stop, Drive-By Truckers hit the road and the recording studio, refreshed and in overdrive. Other artists have awoken from a harsh winter to release long-brewing projects: Jonny Two Bags, Carlene Carter, Ralph Stanley I & II, Bobby Rush—even Walter Wolfman Washington. The Secret Sisters unveil their latest secret and the Hold Steady do just that
Re.Issues Paul Aaronson sat in the audience at Bob Dylan’s 30th Anniversary show in ’92, and relives that astounding night with us, now on DVD. Dave Van Ronk still riding the wave of Inside Llewyn Davis, the film based on his life; and the Dead, at Winterland
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Lee Fields invented Lee Fields, but his very real soul music has a long provenance
What’d I Say Girls, girls, girls! Women with the blues
Also Appearing Major conferences filled in the festival off-season. We catch up with old friends J. Roddy Walston and John Butler in person, other pals digitally
Listen Up The heartbeat of the band. Arnie Goodman picks his favorite bassists. Leo Lyons fingerpicks his own heroes
The Good Seats The Troy Saving Bank Music Hall ain’t the Bank of America Stadium (capacity 73,000-plus) and thank God for that.
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