I saw 31 bands this week at SXSW. Sets are brief. 45 minutes, tops. So, I ended up sampling lots of different sounds, mostly from bands I've never even heard of before. It's an act of discovery, and there is joy in that. There is also sorrow, as some acts simply don't...
We saw a wonderful documentary today at the SXSW film conference--the world premier of "Silver Jew," an intimate portrait of reclusive poet/musician David Berman. Berman is the driving force behind Nashville-based indie band Silver Jews. Strangely, Silver Jews has...
According to Associated Press, Blues Traveler singer and harmonica player John Popper was arrested after the vehicle he was riding in was clocked going 111 mph. Popper, 39, was arrested the afternoon of March 6 on Interstate 90 near the Spokane/Lincoln county line,...
Island Packet columnist and long time Lowcountry resident, David Lauderdale, unloads in his front page opinion piece today. He says Bluffton's natural beauty makes it a unique place to live, and that it's wrong to apply the same standards here that are relied upon in...
In anticipation of tomorrow's release of Son Volt's "The Search," Hartford Courant Rock Critic, Eric R. Danton, sat down with Jay Farrar at a Williamsburg diner over coffee. Farrar says he sees himslef as a "subliminal agitator". He also says he's still looking for...