Late last year I had the opportunity to hear, live, some of the songs from Shooter Jennings’ new album, ‘Black Ribbons,’ with the relatively new lineup of Ted Russell Kamp, Bryan Keeling, John Schreffler, Jr. and Bobby Emmett. The album comes out Tuesday. From the Washington Post: “His new album, ‘Black Ribbons,’ feels in tune [...]
From Pitchfork’s Bob Stanley: “‘Lamplight’ doesn’t sound like a hit, truthfully. No matter. From its heavily thrummed acoustic intro and unintelligible echo-ridden opening verse to the massed harps and a storyline that alludes to lost love and candlelit Victoriana, it seems Robin is unsure of what he wants to say, yet knows exactly how to [...]
By A. J. Williams “song and dance man” “Perception is always coloured by memory – some memories are vast imagined towns and cities through which you drive to reach your destination – some are open fields, cloudless skylines and straight roads. You see, you can’t listen in isolation to songs written through shared experience and [...]
*** MEMORANDUM *** To: Little Steven From: The Minister of Culture Re: It’s Been a Good Run Last night, while watching the Bridgestone Super Bowl XLIII Halftime Show on NBC, is suddenly occurred to me, (a) who is that man singing with Bruce Springsteen and (b) where is his shoulder parrot? The Minister of Culture [...]
I don’t know: Any band that comes out of the gate with top 10 hits, sell-out stadium tours, snazzy MTV videos and praise from Jimmy Page, the Who and the Stones could easily peak too soon. But, the Black Crowes albums kept coming and the unit (which has shuffled bass players, drummers, lead guitarists and [...]
Riding the release of Waylon Forever–an eight-song CD featuring the vocals of Waylon Jennings backed by his son Shooter Jennings and the .357′s–Shooter’s drummer Bryan Keeling is interviewed by Modern Drummer. Bryan looks like a rocker, and he definitely has the chops and resume to play the heavy stuff, but he’s an extremely versatile musician. [...]
Before I even started watching The Passing Show – The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane, I knew about the man’s money problems. Growing up, the only Ronnie Lane songs I knew were the few I’d heard on Pete Townshend’s Who Came First and Rough Mix, collaborations that had only occurred because Lane had approached [...]
