The Drive By Truckers (DBT) have an art to their song. Their style of music is the art of story telling. An interview with Patterson Hood, vocalist/ writer, gives insight into the life of song.
Lori Brownstein (LMB): The press has said that Go Go Boots has the most happiness out of all the records, not joy but happiness. Can you elaborate on this statement?
As life grows more difficult, the deeper the economy dives, and the hurt cuts harder, the more music is needed. Music is our collective experiences, celebrations and sorrows. The Drive-By Truckers (DBT) http://www.drivebytruckers.com helps deliver these stories and give to the listener new memory paths of sound and soul. The music of DBT will be in Louisville on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Headliners Music Hall http://headlinerslouisville.com.
For a night of smooth jazz and soul, British singer Sade takes the stage at KFC Yum! Center, supported by touring partner John Legend, on Friday, September 9 at 7 p.m. Sade is touring behind her first album in a decade, Soldier of Love, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Chart in 2010.
Gospel is a word that usually brings to mind Christian New Testament writings or associated music. On Sunday, March 14, Joshua Nelson, the “Prince of Kosher Gospel,” brings his vocal stylings—Jewish lyrics set to the music of African slaves—to the 8th Annual Adolf & Sara van der Walde-Rosenbloum Music Festival.
Nelson’s performance, titled “Good for the Soul,” will be held at Congregation Adath Jeshurun, 2401 Woodbourne Ave. in the Highlands. The festival marks the 50th anniversary of the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights.
