Question of the Day: Trains

March 14, 2013|Morning Show

Casey Jones, the train engineer who inspired many a song, was born on this date in 1864. His story has become legendary, but...

FUV & NPR Music At SXSW: Live From Stubb's

March 13, 2013|Sarah Wardrop

Our friends at NPR Music return to Stubb's for their annual SXSW showcase, which this year features Nick Cave & The Bad...

Dwight Yoakam

Dwight Yoakam - Words and Music - 2013

March 12, 2013|Rita Houston

Back in the late '80s, Dwight Yoakam's take on country music put him in the "alternative" bin of his local record store, and...

Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite (photo by Danny Clinch/PR)

Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite - Words and Music - 2013

March 12, 2013|Eric Holland

Take the elastic rhythms of Charlie Musselwhite's harmonica and top it off with Ben Harper's killer guitar licks and vocals...

Bobtown

Bobtown - Sunday Breakfast - 2013

March 11, 2013|John Platt

Bobtown is a NYC-based quintet that, much like Ollabelle, comes from a lot of different places geographically and musically...

Workout Songs?

March 11, 2013|Morning Show

 It's finally warm enough to exercise outside. Whether you've been walking, running, biking, or just doing your own thing...

Trixie Whitley, photo by Claire Lorenzo

Trixie Whitley - Words and Music - 2013

March 10, 2013|Alisa Ali

Trixie Whitley may be a 25 year-old with a debut album, but she sounds more like a supreme soul singer with history. After...

Guards, photo by Daniel Gorman

Take Five with The Alternate Side: Guards

March 08, 2013|Kara Manning

Guards dives headlong into the deep end of the guitar rock pool on its expansive, brazenly hook-laden debut, In Guards We...

Question of the Day: Who's Calling?

March 07, 2013|Morning Show

We've come a long way with our smart phone technology since Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone on this date in...

Eric Holland and Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg - Words and Music - 2013

March 06, 2013|Eric Holland

How lost would be be without the emotional and political firepower of Billy Bragg? In a career that's now three decades...