Topic: Son Volt

Album reviews: The Search, by Son Volt

Helium - 463 days ago
Besides from the Cardinals and Budweiser, Jay Farrar is one of the best things about St. Louis. And in that mindset and after the somewhat turbulent times surrounding Son Volt and headman Jay Farrar's history comes one of the band and ...

Son Volt

Mahalo - 464 days ago
After the breakup of Uncle Tupelo in 1994, songwriter and musician Jay Farrar and drummer Mike Heidorn formed the " Jay Farrar , Dave Bryson , Andrew Duplantis , Chris Masterson , Derry De Borja Farrar's Uncle Tupelo collaborator Jeff Tweedy is now the lead singer ...

Recommended rock albums and why they are so good

Helium - 470 days ago
A perfect blend of alternative rock and country this album saw a hit on College radio with the song "Drown" and saw some mainstream radio airplay on alternative rock stations at least here in North Carolina . For Grunge Rock, skip Nirvana's ...

What is Alt-Country Music?

WiseGeek - 524 days ago
Alt- country music is a nickname for a genre known as alternative country. Alt-country music is also sometimes referred to as Americana music, or as No Depression , after an album title by early alt-country band Uncle Tupelo.The alt-country movement first started ...

Son Volt at Exit/In

Nashville Scene - 887 days ago
Like the dusty locales of which Jay Farrar sings, not much about Son Volt seems to change. Sure, Farrar garnered quite the following that former Uncle Tupelo bandmate Jeff Tweedy has-perhaps you've heard of his band-but Son Volt know what they ...

Charles Walker and The Dynamites, Metallica and More [Inside This Week's Music Section]

Nashville Scene - 887 days ago
click to enlarge Deez invisible oranges are heavy! On Burn It Down, Charles Walker and The Dynamites give more boom for the buck. (Playing Saturday, 13th at The End. Stardeath and White Dwarfs, Clem Snide, Al Kapone and more.. Critics' Picks on ...

Music Review Son Volt's newest album a lovely mix

AP News - 938 days ago
Son Volt's newest CD, 'American Central Dust,' a lovely mix of heartland twangSon Volt, " American Central Dust" (Rounder)Son Volt's newest album "American Central Dust" oozes the kind of sultry alt-country heat that seeps into your ears.Leader Jay Farrar ...

A Record A Day: Trying Not to Fail at Being a Listener

Nashville Scene - 966 days ago
Generally speaking, each of my colleagues here at the Cream has a few years and a few hundred records on me. This experiment is partially inspired by the abysmal words of Christopher Weingarten, partially by the fact that Adam Gold did it ...