In a candid interview with Downtown Music, John Robie reflects on his ‘white-privileged upbringing,’ forming the band ‘Backdoor Man’ as an alternate family, leading the evolution of electronic music, ...

Ken Pomeroy, a rising Oklahoma singer/songwriter of Native Cherokee heritage, has a new album coming in May via Rounder Records.

Married for nearly 20 years, Drew and Ellie Holcomb have played together for year but never made a joint album. How John ...

A John Hiatt tribute put on as a MusiCares benefit featured Los Lobos, Lyle Lovett, Tom Morello, Brandy Clark, Joe Bonamassa ...

Prine has many songs that are rife with sobering, if humorous observations. We're focusing on just one of them today: "Fish and Whistle." ...

Will Oldham’s 22nd album as Bonnie “Prince” Billy – may be one of the warmest, mellowest country-pop releases of recent years ...

British guitarist John Sykes, best known for his work with ... Known for his song-writing as well as his guitar playing, Sykes co-wrote Whitesnake’s eponymous 1987 album, including two of ...

By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon ... Some swore he played guitar, but that was ...

However, one of the most bizarre writing techniques was what John Prine used to do before becoming famous ... He sings rather quietly, and his guitar work is good, but he doesn’t show off,” wrote ...

In many ways the tune’s propulsive openness and optimistic verve served as an expansion of my fledgling definitions of what I considered to be jazz guitar. I was already a fan of John McLaughlin ...

John Prine and Bruce Springsteen exist in the same ... I’d just love to play guitar or harmonica or sing or whatever.” This story exists in the folkloric sphere of musical tales, so it ...