AltWeeklies Wire
Band Brings New Spirit to Old Songnew
OCMS hasn't much updated or tampered with its old-fashioned approach since the drugstore days. Instead, its members just keep getting better at what they do.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
10-13-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Old Crow Medicine Show
Jason Molina Casts Off the Darknessnew
What Comes After is the sound of a reinvigorated Jason Molina delivering some of the most direct songs of his career.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-29-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Fire and Compassionnew
A talented Detroit-based soul singer refashions handpicked songs from female songwriters and performers.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-22-2005 |
Reviews
Band Rebounds After a Series of Setbacksnew
The BoDeans' latest release and second double live album, Homebrewed, was recorded at Milwaukee's historic Pabst Theater, and it's their first for Back Porch Records, a roots-rock label that's also based in the beer-centric River City.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Homebrewed, The BoDeans
Second Release Features Rich Harmoniesnew
It's a bluegrass/old-timey album every bit as deserving of the cross-generational adulation received by O Brother's soundtrack.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
09-01-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Home to You, The Peasall Sisters
Gospel Doesn't Have to be Watered-Downnew
Marty Stuart and his three-piece band the Fabulous Superlatives cook up a spicy Southern brew, and the album shows that the genre-defying Stuart can do much more than is allowed within country's narrow confines.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-25-2005 |
Reviews
Unpredictability Still Dominates Musicnew
At 58, Joe Ely figures it's the most involved he's ever been in music.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-25-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Joe Ely
Album Goes Down Smoothnew
Recorded at Willie Nelson's Pedernales Studios, there's an appropriate restless cowboy vibe running through Smog's 12th album.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-11-2005 |
Reviews
Outlaw Attitudenew
The music of Shooter Jennings and his band, the 357s, is bristling with renegade spirit and high energy.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
08-04-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Album Provides Most Assured Performancesnew
Originally a wry singer/songwriter, Hiatt picked up steam with 1987's Bring the Family and Slow Turning, only to go hit or miss throughout the '90s. His last three albums and his latest, though, show his focus rebuffed and sharper than before.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hiatt, Master of Disaster
Third Album is a Musical Blendnew
Stacey Earle and husband Mark Stuart create the kind of smart, intimate, lived-in version of Americana that's an endangered pleasure these days.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Michael Andrews |
07-14-2005 |
Reviews
