Steve Earle, who performed songs from his new Townes Van Zandt tribute album at Twist & Shout last Friday, beat out Green Day for the top spot on the store's best seller list for the week of May 17. Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Iron & Wine and Conor Oberst continue to hold down spots in the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump.
Crackerfarm​Arena rock is making a comeback. Thanks to bands like My Morning Jacket,
Wilco and North Carolina's the Avett Brothers, the spirit and tradition
of the '70s is swelling and helping to conjure up images of rock and
roll when it was at it's purest, most visceral and most likely bearded.
We recently spoke with Bob Crawford, bass player for the Avett
Brothers, and discussed how the band's humble beginnings transformed into music being produced by the legendary Rick Rubin. Read the full
There is a long tradition of ex-punk rockers trading in their power chords and electric guitars for the idyllic green pastures of folk music. Frank Turner of Winchester, England made that very leap a few years ago after the breakup of his progressive hardcore band Million Dead had reached its zenith and he hasn't looked back since. Armed only with his voice, an acoustic guitar and a batch of socially conscious and sometimes politically flavored folk rock songs, Turner has garnered a growi
​In the short time Jonny Woodrose & the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers
have been together, the outfit has grown from being a bit of a joke band vehicle
for singer Jonson Kuhn's humorous storytelling into one of the most
engaging and fun Americana bands in the scene. The project's
early shows consisted of Jonson playing guitar and singing songs, but it
quickly evolved into a full, four-piece band including guitarist
Charles Kern, drummer David Vanderiet and bass player Brian Payne.
Consciously
