Sometimes things just happen for a reason even if it takes 30 years. Case in point, The Emperors of Wyoming. The story starts in Madison, Wisconsin in the late 1970s The four Emperors – Butch Vig, Phil Davis, Franklin Lee and Peter Anderson – are playing in two different bands. They all know each other, …
Category: Album
Loudon Wainwright III’s new album ‘Older Than My Old Man Now’ was released on Monday and has received some wonderful reviews both in the press and online. You can read some of the best one’s below or visit the Independent Online and the Financial Times websites to read more.
The title of Gretchen Peters’ new album Hello Cruel World (due for release by Proper Records on the 30th January 2012) is a pun on the famed exit line — a joke that, like the lovely melodies and deliciously textured arrangements framing these 11 songs — sweetens this captivating music spun from a year of …
For nearly any singer/songwriter on the planet, the idea of collaborating with Mark Knopfler would be the stuff of fantasy. But for Bap Kennedy, it was just the latest in a long line of projects with high profile, and highly respected, musical legends. For a man who has worked with Steve Earle and Van Morrison, …