Results for Country Comfort
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by Angela Zimmerman•May 4, 2009•
"With Toronto-based alt-country roots outfit the Sadies behind him, Doe takes off into a land of old-school honky tonks amid a neo-sensibility."
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by Matt Gewolb•May 4, 2009•
"I think it is very, very dangerous to write political songs. The pitfall is that you end up being a cheerleader for one side."
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by Angela Zimmerman and Jocelyn Hoppa•March 24, 2009•
A really nice surprise from the Hot Freaks Friday party was the Henry Clay People, an Americana alt-punk band with songs for slacker rock types that is impossible to dislike (or maybe that’s just me because I’m a slacker rock type).
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by Angela Zimmerman and Jocelyn Hoppa•March 21, 2009•
Today, I embraced the fact that I have a bike with a lock at my disposal. I showered up early and sped off to the Convention Center for a panel called “Bloggers are in Charge.” Unlike probably 75 percent of the SXSW community these days, I actually like these things. You never know when you might run in to Michael Azerrad. Did I learn anything? Not really. But I got to sit next to a Scottish guy in a kilt who was furiously bouncing back and forth from his Twitter feed to his various news and music sources on his laptop.
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by Matt Clevenger•January 28, 2009•
Born in working-class Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England during World War II, Burdon says he first fell in love with American blues and rock after a chance encounter with Muddy Waters, who was in Europe on tour with the Chris Barber Jazz Band. “In the heart of my hometown there’s the city hall,” he explains. “It’s the premier performance place in North East England. One summer’s eve, I was coming home from exams to enter art school, and the doors leading to the stage
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