The Jayhawks Mockingbird Time (Rounder) Rating: It doesn’t feel like The Jayhawks have ever really left us. But it’s good to have them back. Yes, we’ve got fantastic reissues of Hollywood Town Hall and Tomorrow The Green Grass, the first official release of the Bunkhouse album, an anthology, and albums from Gary Louris and Mark [...]

The 90s; they weren’t that long ago, but they’re already ancient history. Rolling Stone has asked their readers to vote on the worst songs to emerge from the flannel era, which we’ve reprinted here (Hanson fans, look away.) We want to know your thoughts. Do any of these tracks deserve a critical reevaluation? Do you [...]

Jim Lauderdale Reason And Rhyme (Sugar Hill) Rating: We all know the legendary songwriting duos of the 20th century: Elton and Bernie, Burt and Hal, Lennon and McCartney, Leiber and Stoller others. But in the 21st century there really haven’t been any serious contenders when it comes to writing teams whose work will live on [...]

Nobody said it was easy.

Welch and Rawlings pose with Robert Plant Gillian Welch and David Rawlings will take their Harrow & The Harvest tour to Europe this fall, their first visit since 2004. The trek will begin in Oslo, Norway, on October 31, and will wrap up the following month on November 23, at a gig at London’s Hammersmith [...]

A friend once described Girls Guns and Glory to us as “four handsome fellas out of Boston with a Dwight Yoakam meets Roy Orbison, Americana-ish kind of sound.” We won’t comment on the first part, but the rest of the description is dead on. Plus, in an age of stupid band names, it’s nice to [...]

Rock Me Amadeus! We’re always interested in what Jack White is up to. He graced our cover in 2009, and his Third Man Records label is only a couple of miles from our offices. But we’re scratching our heads at the latest news out of the Third Man camp: White will release a single by [...]

A tasty pie leaves the oven too soon.

The world according to Lenny.

Facing down Alzheimer’s, Glen Campbell bows out gracefully.

Is there some sort of competition going on? Artists have been covering each other like mad recently, as if there was a secret plan to increase everybody’s royalty statements or something. Yesterday we told you about The Strokes’ tag-team with Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker on The Cars classic “Just What I Needed.” Today, we’re bringing you [...]

Onstage at the Ryman on Saturday night, Alison Krauss shared a personal story. “There’s these little ice cream balls you can buy at Trader Joe’s. Today I ate three of them, and then I took a nap, for like, three hours. I guess you’re only supposed to eat one. And that’s what I did today.” [...]