Brett Milano
Amazingly, the group’s 50th anniversary tour features three of the original members: lead singer/guitarist Jeff Hanna, string player John McEuen, and drummer Jimmie Fadden.
“Maturity, if you’re doing it right, means caring less and less what other people think – you just are who you are.”
Lucinda Williams is one of the few songwriters who seem to realize the messiness of later life is just as loaded with song angles as the restlessness of youth.
Skylar Gudasz’s deep voice is well suited to the gorgeous melancholy that pervades her songs.
Jason Isbell has got sober, and his songs ring with the urgency of the newly recovered (and newly remarried, to his violinist Amanda Shires).
Leave it to Todd Rundgren to poke fun at greatest-hits tours in the middle of a greatest-tour.
What came through strongest was Darlene Love’s pride in having a new album out and a comeback underway.
This was quintessential American punk that can stand proudly beside the MC5 and the Stooges.
Friends since childhood, composer Tilbrook and lyricist Difford formed Squeeze in 1977; there have been two full-fledged breakups and reunions since then.
The Flamin’ Groovies in a nutshell — doubling as a rock institution and the best party band in town.
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