Works Progress Administration - Words and Music - 2009
June 28, 2011|Claudia Marshall
It's only the band's name, Works Progress Administration, that goes back to the 1930s. In 2007, Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek...
Delbert McClinton - Words and Music - 2009
June 28, 2011|Claudia Marshall
He's won a Grammy, backed a number of famous blues men including Lightnin' Hopkins and Howlin' Wolf, and according to legend...
Greil Marcus - Words and Music - 2009
June 28, 2011|WFUV4dm1n
His music criticism and writing over several books and in such periodicals as Rolling Stone, Interview, Creem, The Believer...
Hoots and Hellmouth - Words and Music - 2009
June 28, 2011|Claudia Marshall
Hoots and Hellmouth like their concerts to feel closer to a big-tent revival meeting than a stadium rock show. The...
Hockey - Words and Music - 2009
June 28, 2011|Kara Manning
They're from Portland, but the band Hockey made their first splash overseas at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival with their...
Peter Wolf - Words and Music - 2010
June 28, 2011|Dennis Elsas
Peter Wolf first rose to prominence fronting the J. Geils Band, but has gone onto a critically-acclaimed solo career working...
Tony Fletcher - Words and Music - 2010
June 28, 2011|WFUV4dm1n
British music journalist and writer Tony Fletcher got his start with the fanzine Jamming, and has written biographies of...
South Memphis String Band - Words and Music - 2010
June 28, 2011|Darren DeVivo
South Memphis String band formed in some free moments during a Jim Dickinson produced recording session between North...
Jonsi - Words and Music - 2010
June 28, 2011|Kara Manning
While the Icelandic post rock band Sigur Ros goes on hiatus, lead singer Jonsi decided to continue to make music, and has...
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Words and Music - 2010
June 28, 2011|John Platt
Throughout the nineties, Mary Chapin Carpenter seemed unable to pen a song that wasn't a hit as she accumulated platinum...