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How Son Volt Got Back on Track With the Searching 'American Central Dust'

How Son Volt Got Back on Track With the Searching ‘American Central Dust’

Released 10 years ago today, Son Volt’s ‘American Central Dust’ found Jay Farrar asking questions – and being OK when he didn’t always get answers.

Chicago, "What Else Can I Say" from Chicago III (1971): Saturdays in the Park

Chicago, “What Else Can I Say” from Chicago III (1971): Saturdays in the Park

You could drop this Chicago song onto contemporary albums by CSNY or the Grateful Dead. So, what’s it doing here?

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Jackson Taylor and the Sinners – ‘Which Way Is Up’ (2016)

Listening to Jackson Taylor’s latest record, one has to wonder if the hell-raising country rocker has reached a crossroads.

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Essentials by the Eagles’ Glenn Frey: Gimme Five

Most people associate Glenn Frey with the peaceful, easy country-rock songs with the Eagles. But he also had a gift for R&B and vocal arranging.

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Glenn Frey’s music gave us a peaceful, easy feeling

Earlier today the Eagles co-founder, singer and guitarist Glenn Frey became the latest entrant to a quickly overcrowding Rock ‘n’ Roll heaven, succumbing to a variety of maladies. He was sixty-seven years old. You May Also Like: Essentials by the Eagles’ Glenn Frey: Gimme Five Glenn Frey, “The One YouRead More

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Jeff Crosby – Waking Days (2015)

‘Waking Days’ is Jeff Crosby’s best thus far and one of the best singer-songwriter albums you’re likely to come across this year.

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Lobo – The Best of Lobo (1993): On Second Thought

It’s time for a reassessment of Lobo. You’re reminded on this great compilation that he penned spiffy songs, and sang them with inviting sincerity.

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Coming back together ‘with some fresh perspective,’ Wilco announces 2015 tour dates

Nels Cline joins us to talk about Wilco’s plans, as the group announces 2015 dates and continues work on a follow-up to ‘The Whole Love.’

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Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone (2014)

Lucinda Williams’ ‘Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone’ is an expection to the rule of double albums being full of filler. This one is all killer.

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The Road Hammers – Wheels (2014)

Forget about the genre this album is supposed – or not supposed – to be.