Emmylou Harris

How Undercover Animal Rights Activists are Winning the Ag-Gag War

The Mavericks - Bowery Ballroom - 2/25/13

[Note: The Mavericks also play City Winery tonight at 10:30 p.m.] Better Than: Pretty much all country music from the last decade. Last night Miami country band The Mavericks played a sold-out, two-and-a-half-hour show at the Bowery Ballroom. It was a triumphant return to form on the eve of their ... More >>

The Ten Best Country Albums of 2012

This list of the year's best country albums is assembled with two important premises in mind: First: If the people who record and listen to these records consider them country, than they're damn well country. Purists who argue that country should still sound like '68, '76, '84 or whenever are in the ... More >>

I Just Sang With Some Rock Legends! (Video Below)

Remember when I told you about the Frankie's Friends benefit (to help sick pets) at the Cutting Room, where Emmylou Harris and Steve Earle were headlining? Well, it really happened on Tuesday night, both of those stars singing powerful, heartfelt country tunes to a roomful of rapt admirers. While ... More >>

MOVIN' ON

St. Ann's Warehouse throws itself 
a big farewell party

Oddsmaking: Best Country Solo Performance, Where Ludacris's Stamp Of Approval Makes A Difference

As part of this year's larger reduction in genre-specific awards, 2012 will see the country portion of the Grammys streamlined to just four categories: Best Solo Performance (which swallows Male and Female Vocal Performance), Best Duo/Group Performance (which swallows Best Duo/Group Vocal Performanc ... More >>

NOD TO MCGARRIGLE

Honoring a folk matriarch

Winter Guide: A Travel Guide to Area Winter Getaways

Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight: Phish!

Props to Zach for intentionally running the words "Phish in a barrel" on this website. Starting today, the legendary jam band wanks three nights away at Jones Beach. Isis do metaphysics by way of doom metal at Irving Plaza, plus a set by sludgy post-rockers Pelican. Sweden is weathering the rece ... More >>

Noémie Lafrance, Melanie Maar, and Keith Hennessy Inscribe the Body

Live: Conor Oberst, uh, M. Ward at Town Hall

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Long May He Run

At 60, a not-so-young Neil confronts death with elegiac hymns to family, friendship, and love

Tending to Yuletide Tradition When Rufus, Martha, and Emmylou Drop In

Deep Emotional Reservoirs Amid the Fetid Summer Stew

Rock

It Takes a Worried Man

The political becomes the personal for Christian alt-country guitar hero Buddy Miller

Attack Dog Bites Man

Steve Earle weighs in on the issues that look like winners

Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals

Listings

Mastery on Music Row

A Bit of a Dag

Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya

Ashley and Marchetti Reunite in a Mind-Blowing Nonconcert

Night and the Cities

Culture Vultures Home to Roost

Encore From a Utopia

Lucinda Williams’s Essence Comes Quick and Goes Slow

Keep Your Glass Topped Up

Australian Rockers and Poppers Don’t Get Up Themselves

Dream of a Miner’s Child

Where the Action Isn’t

Struggling to the Surface

Christ’s Exemplars

Chaos Theory

In Pop Music, It’s Anyone's Guess

Cleanup Time

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Really Glad To Be Here

John Prine Gets Well on an Apple Pie Diet

Ladies Marmalade

Gravity's Rainbow

Now Is Their Hour

Hello Dolly