With music such a commodity these days, it's no surprise that former bands, once popular, are now reuniting in waves. Why not sharpen your chops, comb over the gray hair and hit the lucrative tou  

    

I doubt if there's a line that sums up Robert Earl Keen's music better than his own bull's-eye description: "I make Country music for people who hate Country music." In pointed contrast to t  

Introducing in this corner the notorious, surfin', twangin', wrestlin', Rock & Roll combo, Los Straitjackets, who are here to take on our sedate Queen City in a grudge match of epic proportions  

If you ever want living proof that F. Scott Fitzgerald's oft-repeated adage "There are no second acts in American lives" is misguided, go see Chris Smither. This triple threat singer/writer/gu  

Like any creative discipline, the craft of songwriting takes time to develop. But in the fickle world of today's music industry, artists are rarely given enough time and room to grow. Since sal  

You would think in the 21st century's new dawn of epic political blunders, reckless incompetence and manipulative disregard for truth, courtesy of our beloved Administration, that protest music   

Whether we realize it or not, the success of American Idol and other like-minded cultural kitsch has influenced how many of us judge singers now. Passion has been co-opted by plastic soul, depth   

Though the year is still young, Josh Ritter's new release, The Animal Years, is a clear contender for one of the best Americana records of 2006. With this record, Ritter stretches his artistic   

Back with his fourth or fifth career incarnation since starting in the 1980s with Hüsker Dü is the ol' buzz-guitar king himself, Mr. Bob Mould. He brings his crunchy guitars and cathar