July 29, 2012 - 8:01pm
The always entertaining Ryan Adams turns in a fine solo acoustic performance at the Palace Theater on Monday night. He sings, he improvises, he talks in funny voices, and he breaks your heart.
Before I get to the Ryan Adams show proper, performed at the Palace Theater on Monday night to a sold-out crowd, let me digress on a couple of matters. If you were one of the unlucky ones who dithered around and didn't get tickets, had to work, or were simply too late to the box office, you...
April 18, 2011 - 8:07pm
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit are playing Headliner's this Friday night. In this interview, Isbell talks about songwriting and growing up in the music-steeped area around Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Talking to Alabama-born Jason Isbell, you are struck right off by his affable, easy-going nature. He has the warm drawl and native politeness of a Southern gentleman and the thoughtfulness of a songwriter who puts great care and intellectual honesty into his writing. He is a former member of the...
