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Interview: Stephen Deusner on why he wrote the first Drive-By Truckers biography

September 13, 2021 Martin Johnson 2
An exploration of the context behind Patterson Hood’s the duality of the southern thing is an interesting subtext. The Drive-By Truckers have been a cult band in the UK since the mid-2000s and they have seen […]
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Book Review: Stephen Deusner “Where the Devil Don’t Stay: Traveling the South with the Drive-By Truckers”

September 10, 2021 Tim Martin 1
First full-length book on this quintessentially southern band. As my colleague, and our Books Editor, Rick Bayles, noted last month, there seems to be a trend towards quite academic writing about music. This may be as […]

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John R. Miller “The Great Unknowing”

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John R. Miller “The Great Unknowing”

July 20, 2026 0
An impressive and immersive collection of sixteen songs recorded in Tulsa’s illustrious Church Studios. John R. Miller returns with his fifth studio album, The Great Unknowing, once again showcasing his songwriting and vocal skills. His previous […]
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Sounds from beyond the Shed 237 “I’m going down to Liverpool…”

July 20, 2026 0
As the song says, this week I’m heading to Liverpool, and therefore this article is going to be a shameless plug for the event I’m heading into town to help coordinate. After 25 years of serious […]
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Charlotte Morris “Make America” – so, this word great…

July 20, 2026 0
In it’s 250 year anniversary, Charlotte Morris proffers a few questions and thoughts on what it means to be patriotic: is there just one way to love your country, does it involve blind adherence to leaders […]

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Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0
Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]
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Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0
Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]
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Interview: Hank Alrich and his sonic explorations

July 7, 2026 1
Like the old sailors of yore, Hank Alrich sure knows how to spin a yarn, though I doubt his are made up or heavily stretched. They keep your attention. I would contentedly sit in an armchair […]

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