Don’t let the pedal steel guitars fool you. “Sleepwalkin’” trades the furious, horse-hooved country-rock of Miller’s main project, Old 97’s, for smoother dynamics and slower tempos. In another world, this song would kick off the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s next spaghetti western. "Sleepwalkin’" by Rhett Miller

With his sixth solo record The Dreamer, Texan-turned-New Yorker Rhett Miller blends his Americana roots with a modern rock-pop sound. The result is a striking album of lyrical folk, with catchy melodies and some awesome Western guitar riffs. The frontman for Old 97′s talked to American Songwriter about becoming a “competent songwriter” and finding lyrical [...]

Rhett Miller The Dreamer (Maximum Sunshine) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rhett Miller has taken great care in the last decade to keep his solo albums and those recorded with his rowdier, more country-influenced band the Old 97′s as two distinctly separate bodies of work. When not flanked by his alt-country bandmates, Miller embraces [...]

It seems that even Rhett Miller, one of the most accomplished songwriters of his generation, gets stuck from time to time. “Lost Without You,” a tune from Miller’s forthcoming solo album The Dreamer, is a jaunty, five-minute ditty of new love found and quickly lost. But the writing of the tune did not come easily. [...]

 Photo Credit: Branton Ellerbee  The Music and Words of John Dufilho, Apples In Stereo drummer/Deathray Davies frontman John Dufhilho’s latest album under the moniker John Singer Sergeant, is out today via Kirtland Records. The ambitious new disc features guest vocals from Rhett Miller, Ben Kweller, Sarah Jaffe, Kool and the Gang’s Sir Earl Toon, and [...]

Sex. Where would rock & roll be without it? Of course, not all sex is good sex. Just ask Rhett Miller, who wrote “Barrier Reef” about the sort of casual encounter that leaves you with nothing more than a hangover in the morning. “We had just done a gig in Dallas, right at the end [...]

Having shared the stage with such popular acts as Blake Shelton, Rhett Miller, Rusted Root, and Kenny Loggins, singer-songwriter Sharif has sculpted a broad understanding and appreciation of life as a musician on the road. With over 1,500 U.S. and International shows under his belt, Sharif continues the journey with his latest EP, Almost There. [...]

photos by Paul Moore Don’t ask the Old 97’s to tell you what “alt-country” means. They have a general idea – they’ve been playing it for the better half of two decades, after all – but no one is comfortable offering up an official description. Bassist Murry Hammond is the group’s elder statesman, with salt [...]

American Songwriter caught up with Murry Hammond, bassist for the Old 97’s, right before Thanksgiving. He was at the post office, and doing some other last minute errands getting ready to host 14 of his in-laws. The band is currently on tour promoting their stellar new album, The Grand Theatre Volume 1, recently released on [...]

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and singer-songwriter Cheyenne Marie Mize have just released their collaborative album Among the Gold to everyone –- for free! The six-song EP is a collection of 19th Century American parlor music that the duo selected and brought back to life. Mize speaks of the album as though it simply floated her way: [...]

Rhett Miller Goes Solo Once More