Loretta Lynn

Bad Religion, That Damn Show Headliners, Have Been Around Longer Than You Think

On Saturday That Damn Show is back for 2013 at the Mesa Amphitheatre, featuring national acts like Bad Religion and local favorites like the Veragrooves. Check out the full schedule here. (Full disclosure: We're co-promoting this show with KUKQ, because we just want you to be happy.) Bad Religion h ... More >>

Top Five Must-See Shows This Week

Yeah, yeah, yeah...we get it Mondays suck (we've read Garfield). But it means the start of a new week, which means a bunch of killer shows in and around Phoenix. And here are a few of the coolest, our top five must-see shows this week.

Miranda Lambert @ Salt River Fields

10 Phoenix Bands You Need to Hear This Summer

Dark Star Orchestra at McDowell Mountain Music Festival

See also: A Look at the Creamy Radio Stage at McDowell Mountain Music Festival See also: Galactic's Robert Mercurio on Carnivale Electricos See also: Ozomatli, Galactic, and More at McDowell Mountain Music Festival Dark Star Orchestra McDowell Mountain Music Festival at Compound Grill Saturday, A ... More >>

Up on the Sun: The Podcast with Ron Livingston, Isaac Brock, Wanda Jackson, and More

In this week's issue of Phoenix New Times, we profiled Queens of Country, a new movie filmed on location in Cave Creek, Arizona, which debuts this weekend at the Phoenix Film Festival. In this episode UOTS: The Podcast, we speak with Ron Livingston (Office Space), who stars opposite of Lizzy Capla ... More >>

New Film Queens of Country Has a Bizarre Vibe That Is Distinctly Arizona

Take Cover: Trailer Queen Covers Hank Williams

Country songs don't come much more iconic than Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" . It's been covered countless times by musicians of all genres. Some, like Elvis Presley and Ray Charles do the song justice, while others butcher it -- I'm looking at you, LeAnn Rimes. It's always a challenge for a ... More >>

Wanda Jackson, Andrew WK, Breaking News, and More Over the Weekend

Clubhouse Music Venue Owner Arrested Tempe Police Department dropped a major bombshell today when it announced the arrest of Eugenia L. Ruven, the owner of the Clubhouse Music Venue. As we reported earlier this afternoon, the 44-year-old (who also owns the adjacent Horse & Hound Sports Grill) was ... More >>

Wanda Jackson at Compound Grill, 3/9/12

See also: Wanda Jackson on Jack White's SNL Performance, Amy Winehouse, and Some Guy Named Elvis Wanda Jackson Compound Grill Friday, March 9, 2012 Wanda Jackson may be 74 years old, but one would hardly know it listening to her belt out classics from her long and storied career Friday night at th ... More >>

That's Cool, Jack, But How About a Meg White Solo Album?

​Heard the news? Jack White is coming out with a solo album. If first single "Love Interruption," is any indication, Blunderbuss will be loaded with fluttering woodwinds, electric piano, and White in full-tilt gospel mode. It's pretty good -- I mean, not quite as daring as that ICP collab -- but i ... More >>

Queens of Country Soundtrack to Feature Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Wanda Jackson, and Classic Country

Lizzy Caplan as Jolene Gillis​Directors Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (of Phoenix bands Less Pain Forever and Runaway Diamonds) are no strangers to "music movies." The pair's documentaries, Moog, The Heart Is a Drum Machine, and Blood Into Wine are all insightful looks at the various way ... More >>

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 >>

Loretta Lynn Cancels Upcoming Phoenix Date

​Bad news for fans of country legend Loretta Lynn. She's canceled her upcoming tour, including a stop at May 1 stop at Celebrity Theater. "As y'all know I just went and got my knee done a few weeks back," a statement reads Lynn's website. "I am sad to cancel the upcoming shows on the west coast, b ... More >>

Billie Maxwell's Records Are the Oldest Made By an Arizonan-- and John Dixon Wants One

The White Stripes Break Up: Full Statement from the Band and Our Thoughts

The White Stripes in simpler times.​The White Stripes have officially broken up, according to Pitchfork.This is bad -- but not unexpected -- news. Jack seemingly starts a new project every year or two and the Stripes simple, punky songs have seemed increasingly at odds with the Zeppelinesque arena ... More >>

Best Coast at Clubhouse Music Venue Last Night

Shawn AndersonBest Coast singer Bethany Cosentino on stage at Clubhouse Music Venue on January 22, 2011.​You know what record is severely -- "criminally," one might say if they were given to old timey rock writer sayings -- underrated? Hole's Live Through This. Some (a lot? a bit? -- I'm not exact ... More >>

Incoming: Yann Tiersen, Loretta Lynn, Savoy Brown, MEN, Plain White T's, Akron/Family

Believe it or not, there's some weird dudes that call themselves Akron/Family in there​Christmas came early for Phoenix Akron/Family fans. The folk/experimental/psychedelic rock trio has "emerged from their Volcanic cavern in Japan" and are headed to The Rhythm Room this April 4.Last we check ... More >>

Eminem Stands Up to Accusations of Homophobia, Attacks Others' Parenting Skills

​Eminem has clarified that there's a borderline between what he raps about and what his opinions actually are, according to NME. Em told CBS in a recent 60 Minutes interview that he doesn't have anything against gay people and that he's on good terms with all groups of people.He went on to address ... More >>

Paramore at the Dodge Theatre Last Night

Luke HolwerdaParamore at Dodge Theatre​Paramore September 15, 2010 Dodge Theatre Hayley Williams is quite the little firecracker.Physically, the Paramore singer looks fiery with her bright red hair and ruler-straight body. Personality-wise, she's a dynamic burst of energy. At her show at the Dodg ... More >>

Merle Haggard at Mesa Arts Center

​Go to see a few country legends in concert and you begin to notice a strong correlation between the number of drinkin' songs in those artists' catalogs and the condition of the specimens on stage. George "No Show" Jones, for example, looked about how you'd expect a man who first had a hit in 1959 ... More >>

10 Reasons Why Jack White Owned the 00's

Jack White. Music god of our generation.​Jack White has quickly attained a legendary, iconic status, even without the aging it typically takes for one to achieve such accolades. In the last decade, he has rocked our world, and is something of a King Midas of indie music. Everything he touches s ... More >>

The Scourge of Aesthetic Atrophy, and the Top 50 Albums of the Aughts

Nothing Not New: We All Suffer from "Aesthetic Atrophy," But at Least I'm Getting Help

"If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it . . ." -- Wm. Shakespeare ​ I recently received some bad news regarding a diagnosis. It's never easy to hear someone (especially an expert in his field) tell you that you have a serious problem, and it certainly wasn't easy this t ... More >>

Chef Talk: Bryan Dooley, Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue

Lauren Gilger Chef Bryan Dooley.​It says something when a chef names his restaurant after himself. In our opinion, it says something good. After Bryan Dooley spent 15 years as a chef at the luxurious Fairmont Scottsdale, he opened Bryan's Black Mountain Barbecue in downtown Cave Creek. Yep ... More >>

George Jones Shows At Celebrity Theatre

The last time I was at Celebrity Theatre, I saw country legend Loretta Lynn do most of her set by request, politely declining to sing the songs with lyrics she was fuzzy on. George "No Show" Jones, one of a handful of living musicians who can claim a place near Lynn in the pantheon of Nashville lege ... More >>

Loretta Lynn Plays the Classics at Celebrity

Luke HolwerdaLoretta Lynn on the circular stage of Celebrity Theatre.It's been five years since Loretta Lynn's Grammy-winning collaboration with Jack White but it seemed even longer at last night's Celebrity Theatre show, where the Van Lear Rose era seemed long forgotten. Sure, a few curious hipste ... More >>

June 18 In Blogs: Joe Arpaio, Loretta Lynn, Barcelona, and a 575-Pound Salmon Shark

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Confronted by Channel 5 Over Video of Crying Child Robbed of Her Parents by MCSO Whi ... More >>

Loretta Lynn Is a Legend, but She’s Also Just Plain Kind

The Sun Sessions: Dakota Jeane Plays Loretta Lynn

Jonathan McNamaraDakota Jeane playing "Honky Tonk Girl" by Loretta Lynn.With Loretta Lynn coming to town next Wednesday we were eager to find someone capable of doing justice to one of the Coal Miner's Daughter's songs for The Sun Sessions. We ended up working with local singer-songwriter Dakota Jea ... More >>

Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

Forgotten Neil Diamond Covers

A few of the rock stars we wish we could call this Mother’s Day

The Raveonettes

Pretty in Black
(Columbia)

Neko Case

The toolbox is full

Word of Mouth

Rhyme and reason at the PHiX

Hacienda Brothers

Hacienda Brothers
(Koch Records Nashville)

Americana Pie

Grab a slice of 2004's best roots music while it's still hot.

Junior Brown

Down Home Chrome
(Telarc)

Loretta Lynn

Van Lear Rose (Interscope)

BEST C&W NIGHTSPOT

Handlebar-J Restaurant and Saloon

The Grass Is Greener

While stretching the boundaries of old-timey bluegrass, Yonder Mountain String Band has reached a peak

Haul the Dreck

It seems every fa-la-la-la-lousy Christmas recording is in light rotation, but not these holiday turkeys

Retro No More

Singer-songwriter Neko Case and her musical pals bring country music out of the curio cabinet

Various Artists

The Gift (Will), You can Count on Me (Artemis/E-Squared), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Mercury)

Fist City

Taking inspiration from Loretta, Patsy and Dolly, Neko Case furthers her dark country muse with Furnace Room Lullaby

STIFF COMPETITIONDEATH-POOL PLAYERS CASH IN WHEN CELEBRITIES CASH OUT

TAPES IN THE MAIL

LWGENDS IN THEIR OWN RHYMECOUNTRY MUSIC'S STARS ARE RISING HARD AND FALLING FAST

TORCHING THE TWANG

K.D. LANG WAS ALMOST BURIED ON THE LONE PRAIRIE. NOW SHE'S CAUGHT FIRE WITH A HOT NEW ALBUM.