January/February 2010 
Legends: Richard Thompson(2)
It’s a crystal blue morning in Santa Monica, a few blocks from the Pacific, and Richard Thompson is waiting at a table in a little coffee shop. Around him, there’s a tranquility and a warmth, and although this legendary British songwriter lives in this vast city during much of the year, he seems untouched by [...]
A History Of Legendary Guitars
A HISTORY OF LEGENDARY ACOUSTIC GUITARS
References to a guitar-like stringed instrument date back nearly a thousand years, but honestly, none of these lute-ish, uke-ish oddities qualify as a guitar. There is a lot of debate about when the guitar was invented, but it’s generally believed that a mere 150 years ago, a Spanish carpenter named [...]
Legends: Rickie Lee Jones
She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings—soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends—punctuated by bursts of exultation. It’s much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of “Bonfires” to the elation of “Old [...]
Legends: John Prine
Straight from the streets of Maywood he came, a mailman with a chain of masterpieces. It’s Chicago, 1970, and word starts circulating around this close-knit folk music scene that there’s a new guy who must be heard to be believed. A songwriter who seems to have emerged fully formed with a voice like Hank Williams [...]
More in this category:
- Legends: Townes Van Zandt
- Legends: Bobby Braddock
- Street Smarts: Some Things Never Change
- Guitar 101: You Are My Sunshine
- Legends: Robert Earl Keen
- RAY WYLIE HUBBARD > A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (HINT: There is no C)
- American Icons: Livingston and Evans
- BEACH HOUSE > Teen Dream
- Lyric Spotlight | January/February 2010
- Sounding Off: I’m The Man Who Loves You
- Under the Radar: First Impressions Make All the Difference
- Further Reading & DVDs
- Classic Albums: JOHN PRINE > John Prine
- YEASAYER > Odd Blood
- ALLISON MOORER > Crows
- MICHELLE BRANCH > Everything Comes and Goes
- THE ROLLING STONES> Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!
