‘Heroin and Helicopters’ proves the hiatus from recording was well worth the time away. Cope’s soothing drawl is woven amid lazy beats and significant grooves
Dave Gil de Rubio
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I’m With Her: Watkins, Jarosz and O’Donovan combine for rich harmonies
AL JARDINE of The Beach Boys once said, “I like to be surrounded by harmonies and fullness and richness and vitality.” If that’s the case, Jardine would find lots to […]
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SMF: Jason Isbell’s rock ‘n’ roll with a conscience
Whereas his most recent records have been credited to Isbell alone, this latest effort has his longtime crew the 400 Unit front and center
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SMF: Tedeschi Trucks Band
CAR MAGNATE Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” And while this may be an odd source to reflect how […]
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Savannah Music Festival: Marty Stuart
THE TERM Cosmic American Music is inextricably tied to the late Gram Parsons and refers to a musical crossroads where country, folk and rock collide in a glorious psychedelia-kissed pileup. […]
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Lucinda Williams: All Killer, No Filler
THE IDEA that suffering makes for great art is one of those time-honored rock ‘n’ roll tropes that even made its way into the title of a 1982 Todd Rundgren […]
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SMF: Jason Isbell
“When the sun went down when I was drinking, I always felt like I should be out somewhere having a few drinks.”