Bill Callahan spins cozy yarns with album ‘Gold Record’
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‘Gold Record’ is at its best when it follows a formula: wry atmosphere built on a fleshed-out world, tinged with heartfelt connection and homespun truths.
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Neil Young supports Standing Rock activists with novelty in ‘Peace Trail’
2016 has been a watershed year for folk music, what with Bob Dylan’s recent Nobel prize for literature, Paul Simon’s latest genre-challenging album and Leonard Cohen’s swan song of a final record. Neil Young joins them now with his upcoming (and 38th overall) album, Peace Trail. As is customary in
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Car Seat Headrest lets wallflowers thrive at Great American Music Hall
A zany, charismatic frontman is often the ringleader of an outstanding rock show. The wackier his stage antics and the more he hams it up in the spotlight, the more the crowd eats it up. But Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo is less the life of the party than he
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Community members gather in early morning to celebrate, reaffirm shared values
Just after sunrise Friday morning, about 100 community members gathered in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park to celebrate and reaffirm what organizers described as the city’s shared values of equality, inclusivity and compassion in response to Donald Trump’s election last week.
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One last hallelujah: A tribute to Leonard Cohen
Editor’s note: And so it goes — yet another musical legend has died in 2016. Leonard Cohen died last Thursday at the age of 82. Even in the moments leading up to his death, he had an uncanny, transcendent self-awareness. You Want it Darker, his 14th and last album, was released with
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