By Michael Tedder, eMusic ContributorLater this month, the legendary underground rock icons/heart-rending poets/drunken screw-ups the Replacements will play their first shows since breaking up onstage in Chicago 22 years ago. (Well, Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson and some other… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorRemember that John Denver tribute we mentioned last fall? Well it's been bumped from a tentative February release to April 2nd, but with contributions from Sharon Van Etten, Lucinda Williams, Old Crow Medicine Show and… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorMr. "Rocky Mountain High" himself, John Denver, will soon be the subject of a tribute album called The Music Is You. Due out in February of next year through ATO, it features such fitting selections… more »
By Dan Hyman, eMusic ContributorIs it the song or the singer? Hunker down with a Bob Dylan song -- or 50 -- and where's the debate? Brilliant songs are open books; singers can be replaceable. It's hardly shocking then,… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorBad label deals, internal fighting, creative blockage and just plain procrastination — there are myriad reasons why albums stall on the road from concept to execution. In honor of the release of the ultimate "lost… more »
By Amanda Petrusich, eMusic ContributorBlessed, Lucinda Williams's 10th long-player, opens with a big, brassy blues lick — the kind of faux-raucous guitar curlicue you'd normally expect to hear on a Big and Rich single. But before anyone can accuse… more »