Hank Williams

Tiger Army @ Marquee Theatre

Those Darlins at The Rhythm Room, 7-27-2011

Victor GonzalezKelley Darlin of Those Darlins​Those Darlins The Rhythm Room Wednesday, July 27 Better Than: a "Snaggle Tooth Mama" Ah, the South. Damn I miss it. Geographically speaking, the southern states have produced some of the best music this country's ever heard--Buddy Holly, Hank ... More >>

Is Aaron Lewis the World's Most Obnoxious Country-Western Wanna-Be?

Victor GonzalezKelley Darlin of Those Darlins​Those Darlins The Rhythm Room Wednesday, July 27 Better Than: a "Snaggle Tooth Mama" Ah, the South. Damn I miss it. Geographically speaking, the southern states have produced some of the best music this country's ever heard--Buddy Holly, Hank ... More >>

Social Distortion at Marquee Theatre Last Night

​Social Distortion Marquee Theatre January 13th, 2011It's a testament to Social Distortion's prominent influence on younger punk rock n' roll bands that two songs in to opening band Dead Relatives' set, I thought they were Social Distortion.  It's either a testament to that or how crappy ... More >>

Old Soul

Strumming towards ecstasy

Country Thunder

Strumming towards ecstasy

Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Strumming towards ecstasy

On The Road Again

Wayne "The Train" pulls into the Rhythm Room

10 Things Under $10 New Year's Weekend

Table reservations at chic Scottsdale nightspots will be going for $200 a pop with bottles of bubbly starting at double that amount (or more). Tickets to any of the major block parties or other swanky shindigs will be at least $20 or more by the time you stumble to the door, not to mention however m ... More >>

Crazy Heart: Country Music, Faded Stardom, Liquor, and Age

Table reservations at chic Scottsdale nightspots will be going for $200 a pop with bottles of bubbly starting at double that amount (or more). Tickets to any of the major block parties or other swanky shindigs will be at least $20 or more by the time you stumble to the door, not to mention however m ... More >>

Old Soul

Table reservations at chic Scottsdale nightspots will be going for $200 a pop with bottles of bubbly starting at double that amount (or more). Tickets to any of the major block parties or other swanky shindigs will be at least $20 or more by the time you stumble to the door, not to mention however m ... More >>

Keith Urban, & Sugarland

Table reservations at chic Scottsdale nightspots will be going for $200 a pop with bottles of bubbly starting at double that amount (or more). Tickets to any of the major block parties or other swanky shindigs will be at least $20 or more by the time you stumble to the door, not to mention however m ... More >>

Matthew Reveles: A Glass of Whiskey and Some Sad-Bastard Music Are All He Needs

Table reservations at chic Scottsdale nightspots will be going for $200 a pop with bottles of bubbly starting at double that amount (or more). Tickets to any of the major block parties or other swanky shindigs will be at least $20 or more by the time you stumble to the door, not to mention however m ... More >>

MxPx Lead Singer Brings Country/Rockabilly Side Project to Yucca Tap Room

MxPx singer Mike Herrera (left) brings the country. MxPx lead singer Mike Herrera will bring his side project Tumbledown to Tempe's Yucca Tap Room for a free show Monday, March 23. But don't expect to hear the sugary pop-punk sweetness that MxPx is known for because Tumbledown is the night to MxP ... More >>

Willie Nelson Concert at Dodge a Quintessential American Experience

Luke HolwerdaWillie Nelson on stage at Dodge Theatre If I didn't know better, I'd suspect country music legends entered in to an informal tontine some time in the mid-60s, pledging to play each other's best songs after the others had passed, all the way down to the last man standing. Depending on w ... More >>

Bikini Lounge DJ Shane Kennedy offers no apologies for your lack of musical taste

Luke HolwerdaWillie Nelson on stage at Dodge Theatre If I didn't know better, I'd suspect country music legends entered in to an informal tontine some time in the mid-60s, pledging to play each other's best songs after the others had passed, all the way down to the last man standing. Depending on w ... More >>

Country Punk

Letting Chip fall where he may

Hick Hop

White trash Christmas

Country Inroads

Getting all their Johnsons in a row

Rejuvenated Men

Smells like profiling

Old Soul

Strumming towards ecstasy

Streaming Consciousness

Wickenburg's KBSZ brings real Mayberry radio to the Web

Well Versed

A little sun shines through the melancholia

Country Jams

A little sun shines through the melancholia

Jason Ringenberg

All Over Creation (Yep Roc)

Bill Frisell

The Willies (Nonesuch)

He's Gone Country

Shunning ranch life for a music career, Tommy Shane Steiner has the meat and half the hump

Branded Man

Fifty years into his career, Merle Haggard is still stubbornly going against the grain

The Filth and the Fury

Never mind the FCC, here's Ghetto Cowgirl

Guarding a Legacy

Marty Robbins is gone, but Ronny Robbins fiercely defends his father's hard-won integrity

Tower of Power

CPR offers a breath of life to the Valley Latin scene

Fill 'er Up

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

Upbeat

A load of the latest in heritage as Smokin' Joe gets nasty, Bill Frisell goes to Ghost Town, Greg Osby returns to form and everyone else gets the Gumbo once-over

Honky-Tonk Angles

Johnny Dilks plays scholar to country music's past and suggests its future, if Charlie Louvin has anything to say about it

The Groover Is Gone

When they buried Doug Sahm, they buried Texas music

Molten Wax

When they buried Doug Sahm, they buried Texas music

Under His Spell Again

A Buck Owens tribute turns into a celebration of the local music scene

Cosmic American Muse

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

The Man Who Came to Diner

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

Recordings

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

Bar None

Trashman catches the ultimate club fracas

Academy Fight Song

Mr. Smith goes to Hollywood and jumps to the majors

Still Waters

Son Volt's Jay Farrar doesn't waste his words

Surf King

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

1997 New Times Music Awards Showcase

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

Metallica-ca

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

GOING HOMETHE DEATH OF CHARLIE RICH

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

KING DICKDICK DALE, THE INVENTOR OF SURF GUITAR, VENTS

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

GOING STRAIGHTONCE NASHVILLE'S MOST ORNERY OUTLAW, DAVID ALLAN COE SAYS HE'S GIVEN UP HIS WICKED, WICKED WAYS

Guitar pioneer Dick Dale is rocking like never before at 60

HIGH ON THE HUMAN TOUCH

BY TURNING OFF THE MACHINES AND TURNING ON A BAND, KURT RALSKE REMAKES HIS ULTRA VIVID SCENE. AGAIN.