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Dwight Yoakam

Country boy croons Tomorrow's Songs Today

By Marty Jones
Sep 5, 2002

Dwight Yoakam is the unsung champion of today's alt-country movement. His 1986 debut, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., made both country music and cowboy hats cool for rockers and punks alike. Listeners craving substance and soul found both in Yoakam's timeless, gritty sound. Through him, many discovered the songwriter's own influences,...
The Grass Is Greener

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

By Marty Jones
Aug 22, 2002

Nearly four years after they joined forces in the tiny mountain community of Nederland, Colorado, life is mighty good for the members of Yonder Mountain String Band. But bassist Ben Kaufmann and his mates can't take all the credit for their rapid rise in the jam-band universe. "There's always been...
Hart to Heart

Former Hüsker Dü drummer/songwriter is content to be quiet, independent and alone

By Marty Jones
Mar 14, 2002

In spite of a half-minded president, a slew of bad haircuts and a Me-centric mindset, a few memorable and artistic things managed to slip through the conservative cracks of the Reagan era. Confoundingly, much of the substantive musical activity of the '80s came out of Minnesota, a frigid and often...
Long Way Back

Dwight Yoakam's new acoustic retrospective casts a shining light on the preeminent alt-rocker

By Marty Jones
Sep 21, 2000

Maybe it's his rubber-tight britches -- pants so snug they'd make the Michelin Man squirm. Or maybe it's his countrypolitan image and those knock-kneed maneuvers he's made famous -- Presleyan gyrations that make the ladies smile and the men snicker. Whatever the reason, despite his place as a trailblazer in...
Native Blues

Indigenous joins the tribe of rock 'n' roll

By Marty Jones
May 11, 2000

The white man or woman who plays the blues is often forced to confront a long-standing stereotype: the idea among blues-brained purists that only black artists can truly sing about pain, loss and heartbreak. Of course, music history begs to differ with this notion. Some of the most wrist-slitting blues...

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