AltWeeklies Wire
Nantucket's Long Journeynew
The group shared stages with AC/DC, Kiss, Cheap Trick, Styx and Journey, and was even the subject of a bidding war in 1977. But they just never had that No. 1 hit.
INDY Week |
Kathy Justice |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Nantucket
Buck 65 Supposes He Makes Hip-Hopnew
Ever since the press and the public caught wind of Buck 65, aka 35-year-old Richard Jerfry, in the late '90s, his identity -- that of a white rapper from Nova Scotia -- has been his onus.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
11-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
On Not Meeting Porter Wagonernew
John Howie Jr., frontman of the Two Dollar Pistols, got sick around Oct. 28, the day Grand Ole Opry legend Porter Wagoner, 80, died. He was still recovering at home in Mebane when he relayed the following story of almost meeting Wagoner when the Pistols played Opryland in 2003.
INDY Week |
John Howie Jr. as told to Grayson Currin |
11-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Porter Wagoner
A.C. Bushnell's Battlenew
How a battle with liver cancer gave a fiddler something to sing about.
INDY Week |
Ruth Eckles |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A.C. Bushnell
Josh Ritter on Crosswords, Inspiration and Toll Boothsnew
On Ritter's latest release, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter, "The Temptation of Adam" claims Most Ambitious cut.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Ghost and Squirrel Nut Zippersnew
Remembering a haunted recording session in New Orleans.
INDY Week |
Tom Maxwell |
11-01-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Squirrel Nut Zippers
MV & EE Brings Rock Back Homenew
For more than a decade, Matt Valentine and Erika Elder have concocted a loose, sprawling amalgam of folk, country and avant-garde rock.
INDY Week |
Marc Masters |
10-25-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gettin' Gone, MV & EE
The Coathangers Plays Fierce or Fun Garage Popnew
The band writes about what it knows, ostensibly a mix of getting pissed off (by men or otherwise) and having fun.
INDY Week |
Jon Ross |
10-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Coathangers
Rebuilding the Soul of the Carolinasnew
Jason Perlmutter has curated collections of obscuring Carolina soul and funk music. In short, he's making it possible for people to take music that was all but lost back home.
INDY Week |
Rick Cornell |
10-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Various Artists, Carolina Funk
Rey Norteño Makes Theme Song for N.C. Immigrantsnew
"Raleigh," the title track from Rey Norteño's 2006 debut, earned the band national airplay on Mexican regional radio stations such as the local 96.9 FM La Ley.
INDY Week |
Sylvia Pfeiffenberger |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Rey Norteño
Charlie Haden & Hank Jones Meet at the Beginningnew
In 1995, after long careers, they gathered in the studio as a duet, recording Steal Away. Jones was pushing 80 and Haden nearing 60.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
DJ JD Sampson Puts Her Spin on Pridenew
A member of Le Tigre, a DJ called JD, a multi-media artist and a pin-up model, Samson is constantly in some mix.
INDY Week |
Rebekah Meek |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: JD Sampson
John Lee Hooker Jr. Walks His Own Pathnew
According to junior, if he tried to fill his father's shoes, he'd get cramps trying to take one step.
INDY Week |
Chris Parker |
09-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cold as Ice, John Lee Hooker Jr.
Kronos Quartet Injects Politics Into 'Monk/Mavericks: Kronos on Innovators'new
Anton Webern, Terry Riley, Thelonious Monk, Sun Ra, Harry Partch, John Zorn: Harrington had held these composers in equal admiration for decades. Last night, he finally let those giants stand together, and it felt good.
INDY Week |
Grayson Currin |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Nomadic Alina Simone Debuts 'Placelessness'new
The Ukrainian-born singer-songwriter explores the fluid nature of geography and identity.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
09-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Alina Simone, Placelessness
