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Q&A: Jay Farrar on Kerouac, 'Big Sur'new

Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar has been reading Jack Kerouac since he was a teenager. But writing the music and lyrics for the soundtrack to One Fast Move or I'm Gone, a documentary about Kerouac's semi-autobiographical novel Big Sur, provided plenty of firsts for the songwriter.
Seattle Weekly  |  Chris Kornelis  |  12-07-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Son Volt's New LP Has Deep Reverence for — And Curiosity About — Historynew

Son Volt's latest is notable for incorporating curls of pedal-steel, wistful strings and multiple nods to St. Louis' regional history.
Riverfront Times  |  Annie Zaleski  |  07-10-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Son Volt's Brand-New Album Gets Back to the Basicsnew

With American Central Dust, Jay Farrar returns to familiar musical territory -- pedal-steel moans and shimmers, fiddle flights and trills, percussion passing time or skipping a beat, all surrounding Farrar's guitar in his signature melange of folk, country, blues and ballad pop.
Tucson Weekly  |  Linda Ray  |  07-08-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews

Jay Farrar Brings the Troops

Jay Farrar, longtime ringleader of veteran St. Louis rock band Son Volt, presses ahead with a new lineup and album.
Charleston City Paper  |  T. Ballard Lesemann  |  03-08-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

Rechargednew

Jay Farrar heads up Son Volt with a new lineup.
Flagpole Magazine  |  Alan Sculley  |  01-25-2006  |  Profiles & Interviews

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