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Peter Blackstock was co-founder/co-editor of No Depression magazine from 1995-2008. He is co-author of SXSW Scrapbook (Essex Press, 2011), an informal history of South by Southwest. He was a senior editor of Seattle biweekly the Rocket and a music columnist for the Austin American-Statesman and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Southwest Airlines’ Spirit, Request and Pulse. He co-produced the Mickey Newbury tribute album Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited (2000).

Peter Blackstock Archive

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Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow…

Three albums into a career that was initially boosted by her ties to fell… more »

10 Hidden Gems from the Jimmy…

If you know the songs of Jimmy Webb, chances are it’s because of Gl… more »

Jimmy Webb, Still Within The …

In retrospect, having Jimmy Webb record new versions of classic songs fro… more »

Various Artists, Way To Blue …

As Nick Drake’s producer in the early 1970s, Joe Boyd helped the le… more »

The Mavericks, In Time…

At this point, it’s flat-out inaccurate to refer to the Mavericks a… more »

Kelly Willis and Bruce Robiso…

Married for 17 years, Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison have kept their reco… more »

Henry Wagons, “Expectin…

If your introduction to Australian artist Henry Wagons came via his epony… more »

Minnesota, Are You There…

Minnesota’s Are You There represents the collaboration between vete… more »

Glen Campbell & Jimmy We…

Though Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb each had huge successes outside each … more »

eMusic’s 20 Best Woody …

Woody Guthrie isn’t just important for his own music, but for the v… more »

Five Essential Woody Guthrie …

Woody Guthrie is a lion of American folk music — an uncompromising … more »

Woody Guthrie, Woody At 100: …

How to honor Woody Guthrie on the 100th anniversary of his birth? It… more »

Pete Seeger, The Complete Bow…

When he took the stage on the night of this nearly two-hour performance, … more »

The Mastersons, Birds Fly Sou…

As native Texans living in New York, husband-wife Chris Masterson and Ele… more »

Chuck Mead, Back At the Quons…

Quonset huts were omnipresent during World War II; the long, curved struc… more »

Guide: Johnny Cash’s Am…

While Johnny Cash wasn’t exactly forgotten when he and Rick Rubin t… more »

Ani DiFranco, Which Side Are …

“I’ve got red scabby hands and purple scabby feet/ and you ca… more »

Folk Goes Punk

How exactly does one identify “folk-punk”? There’s no e… more »

Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur…

The too-obvious shorthands here – given that this album was produce… more »

Jessica Lea Mayfield, Tell Me…

Many a memorable album has been sparked by heartbreak, and Jessica Lea Ma… more »

Wilco, The Whole Love (Deluxe…

What to make of Wilco with an established lineup? The Whole Love marks th… more »

Wilco, The Whole Love…

What to make of Wilco with an established lineup? The Whole Love marks th… more »

The World of Wilco

It’s a tribute to leader Jeff Tweedy’s enduring commitment to… more »

Uncle Tupelo, No Depression…

In retrospect, it seems unlikely that so many musical stories would be la… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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