Sparks is an Overnight Sensation. At Last.
How do you introduce Sparks — the Los Angeles-based pop/rock cult act led by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals) since their 1968 incarnation as Halfnelson — to the unconverted?
Justin Townes Earle: A Genre Unto Himself
Every time Justin Townes Earle put pen to paper to write a song, he left blood on the page. He …
Waylon Payne’s Path To His Dark New Disc
“I learned to write songs from Kris Kristofferson and Bobby Gentry,” 48-year-old Waylon Payne softly drawls over the telephone from …
Emma Swift: Blonde On The Tracks
“I’m certainly living the most domestic life I’ve ever lived,” says angel-voiced Australian alt-country thrush Emma Swift. “I’m in my …
The Sound of Freedom: Little Richard 1932-2020
Saturday, May 9, 2020: News leaked that Richard Wayne Penniman of Macon, Georgia — better known as Little Richard, the …
Steve Earle & The Dukes
May 22 on New West Records Stephen Fain Earle, 65, of San Antonio, TX, has never feared making the Big …