AltWeeklies Wire
Rap It Upnew
The Black Eyed Peas, Cowboy Troy and Hot Karl represent the year's worst in urban music.
East Bay Express |
Eric K. Arnold |
01-03-2006 |
Music
The Day the Music Died
New Orleans-born musicians now in Santa Fe contemplate life after The Big Easy.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
09-14-2005 |
Disasters
All Roads Lead to Lena'snew
A student thesis gone wild gives the famous Caffe Lena, where people from Bob Dylan to Bernice Johnson Reagon got a start, the gift of its own history.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
08-03-2005 |
Recreation
Bad Educationnew
Kids are learning some serious riffs at Paul Green's rock school in Philadelphia. Don Argott's documentary examines the price they pay for it.
Disorderly Conductnew
Northwestern ethnoforgers the Master Musicians of Bukkake bring the folk tradition to its knees.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Will York |
03-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
It Came from the Basementnew
The most intense music scene in Boston lives in the neighborhood cellars.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-05-2004 |
Recreation
Political Notesnew
Music has played an important role in every American election since George Washington waltzed into office.
Boston Phoenix |
Matt Ashare |
09-10-2004 |
Politics
Two Coolnew
San Francisco punk-folk duo Two Gallants ground their roots in reality.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Jonathan Zwickel |
09-01-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Song's the Thing for Today's Folkiesnew
In the world of today's folk music, the barriers between audience and performer are awfully thin -- but that actually means the quality of the music is higher
Mispronouncing Doughty: An Irreverent Interview With Soul Coughing's Kingnew
Ben Fogelson holds Mike Doughty up for information: Why does he want more homosexuality in the church; What about his song predicting 9-11, and how the hell to you pronounce his name?
Eugene Weekly |
Ben Fogelson |
06-18-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Interviewing Ziggy Marley: Son of the King of Jamaican Blingnew
Ben Fogelson, reporter for the Eugene Weekly, speaks with Ziggy Marley about his recent tour, and about having conversations with his deceased father, Bob Marley.
Eugene Weekly |
Ben Fogelson |
06-15-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pixies Reunion Proves They're Better Than Evernew
A reporter takes in the minutae of a Pixies reunion concert.
Eugene Weekly |
Ben Fogelson |
06-15-2004 |
Concerts
