Archive for June, 2011
The Civil Wars Perform A Tiny Desk Concert For NPR
NPR Music has uploaded the latest installment of their intimate Tiny Desk concert series; this one features celebrated vocal duo The Civil Wars, and the revelation that the pair are married, but not to each other. We did not know that! The Civil Wars: A Brand New Duo Burns Up The Charts Watch Joy Williams [...]
Watch Gillian Welch Perform “The Way It Goes” On Conan
Last night, Gillian Welch and her partner David Rawlings got dressed up in their Sunday best and appeared on Conan. They were there to promote The Harrow & The Harvest, Welch’s first album in eight years. The duo performed “The Way It Goes,” the second in a trio of similarly-titled songs on the album. Watch [...]
Gillian Welch Comes Down From The Mountain
(photo by Mark Seliger) Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are driving through western New Mexico, headed back to Nashville after a busy weekend on the West Coast. Welch sits behind the wheel, speeding, while Rawlings rests in the back, trying to shake the cold he picked up somewhere in California. Up ahead are 1,300 miles of [...]
Kopecky Family Band Interview: Bonnaroo 2011
Kopecky Family Band frontman Gabe Simon talks about the band’s songwriting influences.
News Roundup: Tom Petty, Ryan Adams, Coen Brothers
She should have stuck to Bachman Turner Overdrive. Republican Presidential hopeful Michelle Bachman recently walked onstage at a rally to Tom Petty’s “American Girl,” causing Petty’s management to draft a cease and desist letter over the use of the song. In 2000, Petty asked George Bush to stop playing “Won’t Back Down” at rallies. Bachmann [...]
Love and Kryptonite: An Interview With 3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down, the Mississippi rockers best known for their giant single “Kryptonite,” will return with a new album, Time Of My Life, this July. We quizzed frontman Brad Arnold about the band’s new single “When You’re Young,” the new album, the origin of “Kryptonite” and more. Tell us about “When You’re Young.” What inspired [...]
Sessions: Matraca Berg
Matraca Berg, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, co-wrote her first no. 1 hit at age 18 with “Faking Love.” Her songs have been cut by Dusty Springfield, Dixie Chicks, Linda Rondstadt, and Grace Potter and Kenny Chesney, who recently scored a hit with “You and Tequila.” Her new album, The Dreaming [...]
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