Subject: Gram Parsons

• Rockin’ Rides: AZ gets music theme park proposal, we get some baaad ideas

  November 21, 2007

• THE GOOD OL' BOY FROM NYC

  NEWCOMER BOB WODDRUFF PLAYS BY NASHVILLE'S RULES; HE JUST PREFERS THE OLD ONES

  March 30, 1994

• ANGELS AND INBREDS

  IS IT EARL C. WHITEHEAD AND THE GRIEVOUS ANGELS OR IS IT THE INBREDS? YES TO BOTH.

  February 16, 1995

• The Rebirth of Emmylou Harris

  The vocalist reinvents herself on a new album

  May 16, 1996

• Recordings

  May 15, 1997

• New Twang

  June 12, 1997

• Recordings

  January 29, 1998

• Honky-Tonk Angels

  The Valley's longest-twanging C&W/rock outfit charms a third time with a no-nonsense new CD

  September 17, 1998

• Tupelo Honey

  Wilco's Jeff Tweedy sinks his Summer Teeth into the sugary pop he was always meant to play

  March 11, 1999

• Thad Cockrell

  Stack of Dreams (Miles of Music)

  November 22, 2001

• Kasey Chambers

  Barricades & Brickwalls (Warner Bros.)

  February 14, 2002

• Mohave 3

  Puzzles Like You
  (4AD)

  June 15, 2006

• Gram Parsons

  December 6, 2007

• Hacienda Brothers

  December 6, 2007

• Jesse Dayton and Brennen Leigh

  January 24, 2008

• J.D. Souther

  December 4, 2008

• Conner Cecil

  Conner
  (Old Dominion Records)

  March 19, 2009

• You Asked For It: Conner Cecil

  Conner CecilConner(Old Dominion Records)There was a time when hearing a boyish and manicured voice like Conner Cecil's alongside a willowy pedal steel wasn't uncommon in country music. That time is long gone, though, and hearing Conner -- a Globe native whose voice matches his cherubic face -- on his debut EP, Conner, is a little strange. In a genre where banjo accompaniment is now usually the dominion of guys with pock-marked faces and gravelly voices or quirky songstresses, Conner is an odd d

  March 10, 2009

• Wayne "The Train" Hancock

  December 11, 2008

• The Lemonheads

  March 6, 2008

• Willie Nelson

  Songbird
  (Lost Highway)

  December 14, 2006

• Down-Home Delights

  Ten of the best from Nashville and elsewhere

  January 5, 2006

• Good Thinking

  Old-time, longtime

  December 8, 2005

• Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell

  Good together

  October 20, 2005

• The Ultimate Rock Fantasy

  August 19, 2004

• No Depression – Revisited

  The reissue of Uncle Tupelo's albums offers the world a chance to ponder how 'alt-country' got started

  May 1, 2003

• Bottle Rockets

  Songs of Sahm (Bloodshot Records)

  February 28, 2002

• Celebrity Skin Peel

  A one-stop guide to the latest round of pop-star foolishness and bad behavior

  January 17, 2002

• Timeless Flight

  L.A.'s twangy, trippy Beachwood Sparks ascend with a white-soul masterpiece

  September 6, 2001

• Lonesome Brothers / Ribeye Brothers

  Swamptown Girl (Captivating Music), If I Had a Horse...(All Indie)

  August 2, 2001

• Ass Ponys

  Lohio (Checkered Past)

  July 12, 2001

• The Talent Shows

  Straight from the garage, the Figgs wear many influences on their sleeves

  March 15, 2001

• Critical Mass 2000

  Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K

  December 28, 2000

• Victoria Williams, Mark Olson and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers

  Water to Drink (Atlantic), My Own Jo Ellen (Hightone)

  December 14, 2000

• The Schramms, Tom Heyman, Matt Piucci, and Guru Guru

  One Hundred Questions, Boarding House Rules (Innerstate), Hellenes (Inbetweens USA), 2000 Gurus (Funfundvierzig, dist. by Innerspace)

  November 30, 2000

• Lou Ford

  Alan Freed's Radio (Headhunter/Cargo)

  October 26, 2000

• Southern Culture on the Skids

  Liquored Up and Lacquered Down (EMusic/TVT) and Tav Falco's Panther Burns Panther Phobia (In The Red)

  October 19, 2000

• Dolly Varden

  The Dumbest Magnets
  (Evil Teen)

  July 20, 2000

• Fill 'er Up

  10-gallon hats and 10-gallon gas tanks come to mind when BR5-49 plays

  April 13, 2000

• Plain Folk

  Roger McGuinn, still a Byrd man, doesn't wanna be a rock 'n' roll star

  April 6, 2000

• Critical Mass

  Even with impending Willennium looming, 1999 proved to be a banner year for music

  December 30, 1999

• Molten Wax

  November 18, 1999

• A Song for You

  The essential Gram Parsons discography

  August 5, 1999

• Cosmic American Muse

  More than 25 years after his death, the spirit of Gram Parsons rides high with a new tribute album

  August 5, 1999

• TRES CANADIANS

  SCREED

  February 9, 1994

• NEW RELEASES FROM THE DESERT

  September 1, 1993

• Lucero Live: Moshing to Pedal Steel

  Martin CizmarLucero: Music to mosh to!Dear ex-hardcore kids,Please stop ruining roots music.Look, I get it, you're pretty much aged out of hardcore shows, but you're covered in tattoos and have plugs in your earlobes, and it's hard to find a scene. Every band you've ever liked seems to be starting a folkie side project so it kinda makes sense to pick up this alt-country/roots/Americana thing. And that's cool. But, seriously guys, you're fucking it all up right now.Last week's fight outside the W

  May 13, 2009

• Lucero Live: Why Country Music Needs Some Punk Blood

  I love discussing music with our new Music Editor, Martin. More often than not we basically agree on most things. But I could not disagree more with his review of the Lucero show last night at the Rhythm Room. The first of my complaints is when talking about how the crowd was reacting (or the fact that they were reacting) Martin seems to suggest that the crowed should not get as crazy as they did last night to anything with a peddle steel in it because "Those are the rules."  First, I highl

  May 13, 2009

• George Jones: A National Treasure

  July 9, 2009

• You Asked For It: Mike Lennon

  ​Band: Mike Lennon, a country-tinged classic rock-y sideproject from the the bassist of Psychobilly Rodeo Band, the house band at Scottsdale's Rusty Spur saloon. Record: The Dateline Phoenix 2009 album. The included press materials make it clear the record was actually written and recorded in 2007, making this "dateline" inaccurate. Basics: At his best Lennon sounds a little like a lo-fi and electrified blues playing Jimmy Buffett, since his voice is nearly a dead ringer for the Head Pirate In

  November 19, 2009