Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood: Five Essential Clash Albums
April 12, 2017|Kara Manning
When the Alabama-bred, mostly Georgia-based Drive-By Truckers were recording 2016's American Band, a candid assessment of...
Okkervil River: Five Essential Elton John Songs
March 22, 2017|Kara Manning
As a songwriter, Okkervil River's Will Sheff says that he's spent "countless hours" trying to figure out what makes Elton...
Mike Doughty: Five Essential Police Songs
March 15, 2017|Kara Manning
Considering the jittery, restless legacy of Soul Coughing and Doughty's experimentation, street poet eloquence, and mutable...
Hurray For The Riff Raff: Five Essential Lou Reed Songs
March 01, 2017|Kara Manning
Alynda Segarra also writes from the sharp perspective of a native New Yorker.
Joan Osborne: Five Essential Motown Songs
February 22, 2017|Kara Manning
"Where artistry, business acumen, political consciousness, and sheer joy met."
Joan Osborne: Five Essential Motown Songs
February 22, 2017|Kara Manning
Joan Osborne has a long string of solo albums, a side project with Trigger Hippy, and a forthcoming 2017 album that's...
Bear's Den: Five Essential Fleetwood Mac Songs
February 15, 2017|Kara Manning
Bear's Den on the Fleetwood Mac songs they admire.
The Lemon Twigs: Five Essential Beatles Songs
February 08, 2017|Kara Manning
Brian Paul D'Addario on love for the Fab Four.
St. Paul and the Broken Bones: Five Essential Ray Charles Songs
February 01, 2017|Kara Manning
The octet St. Paul and the Broken Bones has a crafty way of writing retro-soul songs, like the fervent "All I Ever Wonder,"...
Margo Price: Five Essential Lucinda Williams Songs
January 25, 2017|Kara Manning
From an equally candid songwriting soulmate.