September/October 2010

Guitar Spotlight: Zac Brown’s Gear(2)

October 8, 2010

In the two years since the release of their mega-successful album The Foundation, Zac Brown has accumulated a serious guitar collection. The Atlanta-based musician has taken a special interest in the craftsmanship of Collings Guitars, based in Austin, Texas. Steve McCreary of Collings describes Brown as a “smart, sincere and talented guy.” The ZBB frontman [...]

Guitar Spotlight: Zac Brown’s Gear

Joanna Newsom: The Siren’s Song

Joanna Newsom stunned everyone with her third album, Have One On Me, which is simultaneously her most accessible work, and, at two hours long, her most challenging. We chatted with one of rock music’s most creative minds to find out what makes her tick. You’ve said there’s a loose theme to Have One On Me. [...]

The National: Stand Up And Salute

Matt Berninger pours himself a glass of white wine. This he surely has done before; however, what happens next may be a little more unique. Standing on stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, Berninger waits a few songs before throwing the plastic glass and its contents into the screaming crowd [...]

Jenny & Johnny: Couples Therapy

It’s an innocent, all-American pairing of names to rival Frankie and Annette and their beach parties; a combination of five perky syllables that forecast sunny, youthful romance and all but assure that the story to come won’t get too complicated. It’s Jenny and Johnny. Not Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice. And not Lewis and Rice. [...]