Waylon Jennings

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

Bill Johnson's Big Apple Hopes to Endure Contentious Times

Willie Nelson, Comerica Theatre, 3/12/12

Willie Nelson and Family Comerica Theatre Monday, March 12 See the full Willie Nelson slideshow here. It was a quarter after eight when the Red-Headed Stranger took the stage at Comerica Theatre last night. He hadn't even played a note, but he crowd of retirees stood in applause beside younger adm ... More >>

Sound Off: DJ Dana on Courtney Marie Andrews, Source Victoria, and Sun Ghost

Clockwise from top left: DJ Dana, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sun Ghost, Source Victoria ​Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If yo ... More >>

Top 40 Songs with Arizona in the Lyrics: Songs 20 through 1

Wikimedia CommonsArizona sunsets have inspired many songs.​Yesterday, we brought you 20 songs about Arizona, or with some reference to Arizona in the lyrics. We found 170 songs total, and whittled our list of the best down to 40. Our post yesterday counted down songs 40 through 21. Here are the ... More >>

Top 40 Songs with Arizona in the Lyrics: Songs 40 through 21

Wikimedia CommonsArizona: Land of sun and song.​There have been more than 140 songs with lyrics about Arizona in them. Seriously. Some of them have been big hits by huge acts, too ("Get Back" by The Beatles, "Take It Easy" by The Eagles). The lyrics to these songs capture various snapshots of the ... More >>

Joe Bethancourt Benefit Scheduled for Fiddler's Dream this Weekend

Karl WolzAcoustic roots folk veteran Joe Bethancourt​It's hard enough holding down regular gigs at country bars, blues clubs, and rock joints around Phoenix, as acoustic troubadour Joe Bethancourt has done since the '60s. But it's beyond tough when your house burns down and you lose everythin ... More >>

Kenny Chesney Is All Hat and No Saddle

Karl WolzAcoustic roots folk veteran Joe Bethancourt​It's hard enough holding down regular gigs at country bars, blues clubs, and rock joints around Phoenix, as acoustic troubadour Joe Bethancourt has done since the '60s. But it's beyond tough when your house burns down and you lose everythin ... More >>

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

Karl WolzAcoustic roots folk veteran Joe Bethancourt​It's hard enough holding down regular gigs at country bars, blues clubs, and rock joints around Phoenix, as acoustic troubadour Joe Bethancourt has done since the '60s. But it's beyond tough when your house burns down and you lose everythin ... More >>

Vernon Wray: Wasted (1972)

​Welcome to Obscuro, a feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attention. These LPs have been hiding out, collecting dust, until we come along, investigate, ... More >>

Celebrating George Jones' Big Comeback

​Welcome to Obscuro, a feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attention. These LPs have been hiding out, collecting dust, until we come along, investigate, ... More >>

Roots Rockers Flathead Have Played with Everyone

​Welcome to Obscuro, a feature where Up on the Sun dives deep into the world of vinyl oddities: private press jobs, major label cast-offs, and general thrift shop clutter that's thus far escaped anyone's attention. These LPs have been hiding out, collecting dust, until we come along, investigate, ... More >>

Rockabilly Thursday at The Blooze Bar

Pat Roberts of The Heymakers.​This is the first in a series of reviews on weekly events at local bars. Having lived in the Valley my whole life, I only recently realized that tons of bars offer weekly events featuring bands that are staples of the music community. The shows are nearly always ... More >>

Prophet & The Cowboys of Apocalypse: The Edge

​Band: Prophet & The Cowboys of ApocalypseTitle: The EdgeBasics: The eight-song cowboyfied debut from metal man Prophet celebrates all things Arizona while also featuring songs written with some substance -- a rarity in this YAFI game. Prophet (who leads a band called St. Madness that was ripp ... More >>

Country Punk

Letting Chip fall where he may

10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: Valentine's Day, Victoria's Secret, and More

Victoria's Secret model Jamie Lee Darley will be sitting pretty tonight at the W Scottsdale.​If you're single, Valentine's Day kinda sucks. You'll likely spend this weekend sitting on your ass, alternating bouts of drinking with visits to online porn sites, while your friends and their respe ... More >>

Behind the Bar: "Evil" Jeannie Thein at Rips Ales & Cocktails

Adriane GoetzYou can't go wrong when you've got an Evil Jeannie-us tending bar.​Being a Phoenician ain't easy; you have to know about every under-the-radar spot in the Valley, remember the names of everyone you meet, financially support every new local business that springs up, mourn the loss ... More >>

George Jones: A National Treasure

Adriane GoetzYou can't go wrong when you've got an Evil Jeannie-us tending bar.​Being a Phoenician ain't easy; you have to know about every under-the-radar spot in the Valley, remember the names of everyone you meet, financially support every new local business that springs up, mourn the loss ... More >>

Arizona Premiere Living's List of Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians Kinda Blows

We recently ran across this list of the "Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians" from Arizona Premiere Living. Some of the choices are obvious: Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Jordin Sparks, Gin Blossoms, Alice Cooper, and Linda Ronstadt almost always make the "top" lists of Arizona musicians.

Los Guys Take It Easy and Don’t Sweat the Mill Ave. Label

We recently ran across this list of the "Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians" from Arizona Premiere Living. Some of the choices are obvious: Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Jordin Sparks, Gin Blossoms, Alice Cooper, and Linda Ronstadt almost always make the "top" lists of Arizona musicians.

Props to Our Peeps: The Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards on Sept. 23

We recently ran across this list of the "Top Ten All-Time Arizona Musicians" from Arizona Premiere Living. Some of the choices are obvious: Meat Puppets, Jimmy Eat World, Jordin Sparks, Gin Blossoms, Alice Cooper, and Linda Ronstadt almost always make the "top" lists of Arizona musicians.

Country Punk

Letting Chip fall where he may

Rollover DJ

Bringing on the punk

Name Blame

Self-promotion still means legwork in a wired world

Holiday Dysfunction

Donning gay apparel, and other traumas

Country Jams

Donning gay apparel, and other traumas

Biscuit is Gravy

Sure, Seabiscuit 's better than all the action sequels it's up against. But what will a fan of the book say?

Smoke Rings

Long Wong's is still a smoky dive, but the smoke is on the patio

Sonoran Story

Singer Andy Hersey chronicles the Arizona cowboy life

Brown and Red

These days, his signature guit-steel playing leaves listeners slack-jawed. But it took Junior Brown a long time to get to center stage.

The Next Rig Thing

Covering the tracks of Truckers on Speed's raucous new CD

Choo Choo Ch'boogie

The Derailers get back on track with a major-label deal

End of the Road

Thirty years later, Harry Belafonte finds closure in a once-lost project

Fortunate One

Back with what may be his best album, Texas treasure Delbert McClinton looks back on five decades of music making

Retro No More

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

Family Tradition

Hank Williams III hopes that country gold comes in threes

Rock of Pages

Taking stock of the worst music books ever written

The Sunset Set

Tending an interstate rest area has its perks -- people usually aren't among them

Night & Day

May 14 - 20, 1998

Wanted Man

Johnny Cash may be just a legend, but he has never sounded better

Aloha Again, Naturally

Johnny Cash may be just a legend, but he has never sounded better

Recordings

Johnny Cash may be just a legend, but he has never sounded better

The Mother Road

A new compilation disc celebrates the mythology of Route 66

ANGELS AND INBREDS

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

THE GOOD OL' BOY FROM NYC

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

DISCS WE'VE HEARDTHE CD JUST KEEP ON COMING

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

SIREN'S SONG VERSATILE ROSIE FLORES LOOKS FOR LIKE AFTER THE FARM

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

COUNTRY CONTRARY TRUE TO THEIR NAME, THE MAVERICKS ARE GOOD OL' BOYS FROM THE HILLS OF MIAMI

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

VICTOR OF CIRCUMSTANCESDELBERT MCCLINTON IS FINALLY ROCKING ENOUGH

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