Music Features
TAS In Session: Laura Marling
September 12, 2011|Kara Manning
Laura Marling's first two albums garnered her critical huzzahs, Mercury Prize nominations and even a Brit Award, but her...
Q&A at SXSW: J. Mascis
March 18, 2011|Russ Borris
Watch: DJ Russ Borris caught up with a weary J
TAS SXSW Preview: Sharon Van Etten
February 18, 2011|Kara Manning
Singer and songwriter Sharon Van Etten quietly released one of the more extraordinary albums of the last year, the mutable...
Laurie Anderson: 2010
September 29, 2010|Kara Manning
Genre-defying musician and theatrical innovator Laurie Anderson has been one of New York's most influential artists...
TAS in Session: The Walkmen
September 20, 2010|Kara Manning
Watch and read: The Walkmen in session.
TAS in Session: Lawrence Arabia
May 24, 2010|Kara Manning
New Zealand's punchy popsters Lawrence Arabia, who will be touring with Crowded House this summer, dropped by Studio A...
TAS in Session: Shearwater
May 17, 2010|Alisa Ali
Shearwater began as a side project of Okkervil River members Will Sheff and Jonathan Meiburg. Over time the two decided to...
Monsters of Folk's Jim James and M. Ward
November 18, 2009|Alisa Ali
Listen: Studio session with Alisa Ali
Norah Jones: Five Essential Willie Nelson Songs
August 16, 2017|Kara Manning
The friend and fellow Texan narrows down the Willie catalogue.
Willie Nelson
August 14, 2017|Laura Fedele
Willie Nelson made it okay to be a freak, not just in country music but in life. [Playlist]
Joe Jackson
August 07, 2017|Kara Manning
An artist of endless elasticity and restless genius. [Playlist]
Blondie
July 31, 2017|Kara Manning
Downtown ambassadors from the '70s who've never abandoned what made them great. [Playlist]
Tom Petty
July 24, 2017|Kara Manning
Petty always pushed to record fresh material, rather than just leaning on the laurels of his past. [Playlist]
Mavis Staples
July 17, 2017|Laura Fedele
Her big heart and sharp mind beg for a personal, creative connection with artists everywhere. [Playlist]
My Morning Jacket
July 10, 2017|Kara Manning
Alt-country psych-rock inclinations, yearning melodies and ferocious reverb: Live, they are legendary. [Playlist]
U2
June 26, 2017|Kara Manning
Unlike the roar or swagger of a lot of all-male bands, U2's mightiest songs are unapologetically emotional. [Playlist]
Chuck Berry
June 19, 2017|Paul Cavalconte
Lennon: "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry." [Playlist]
Summer of Love
June 12, 2017|Kara Manning
It's been a fifty-year embryonic journey since the Monterey International Pop Festival. [Playlist]
The Black Keys
June 05, 2017|Kara Manning
Sinewy dynamics, acerbic humor, flourishes of hip hop, and raw, dirty blasts of rock bliss. [Playlist]
Brandi Carlile
May 29, 2017|Laura Fedele
Why we got on board with this talented charmer, and stayed on board. [Playlist]