Manhattan Beat – Colter Wall, Lucinda Williams, & More! Everynight Charley Crespo November 28, 2018 Columns, Manhattan Beat Colter Wall/Irving Plaza/Nov. 5, 2018 In Swift Current, Canada, a 13-year-old Colter Wall learned to play guitar by copying hard rock guitarists. He then gravitated to old blues and folk music. In his...
Everynight Charley’s Manhattan Beat: D Generation, NAF, Amos Lee and more! Everynight Charley Crespo August 24, 2016 Columns D Generation/Irving Plaza/July 30, 2016 D Generation (also known as DGen) evolved out of the hardcore punk scene in New York City in the 1980s. Vocalist Jesse Malin led Heart Attack as a teenager in the ...
An Interview with Lucinda Williams: Close To The Bone Gregg McQueen June 17, 2015 Interviews 1 Listen to any of Lucinda Williams' records over the years, and you'll find plenty of heartache enveloping the tunes within—numerous meditations on loss, loneliness, doubt, and unrequited love. But speaki...
Interview: Lucinda Williams’ Graceful Simplicity James Campion March 6, 2009 Interviews From the Bayou to Bakersfield, Austin to Boston, from the high plains ballad to the raunchiest riffs and the echoing twang of an all-night hootenanny, Lucinda Williams has covered every geographical/musical bas...
Interview: M. Ward’s Reverential Hold Time Ignites Spiritual Quest John Fortunato February 10, 2009 Interviews Singer/songwriter Matt Ward grew up in Ventura County a few miles north of Los Angeles. A big Beatles fan, he picked up a guitar at 15 and began toying with a four-track thereafter. His short-lived project, Rod...
Austin City Limits Festival @ Zilker Park Glyn Emmerson October 10, 2007 Concerts AUSTIN, TX—Alt country and rock nations collided in for the annual Austin City Limits (ACL) fest, in the self-proclaimed “live music capital of the world,” where the locals wear “keep Austin weird” t-shirts in ...