Speakers Rating: 93/100 When I hear the words “experiment” and “Neil Young” in the same sentence, my mind drifts ever so slightly. I think of all the times the Canadian artist has challenged my thoughts, my actions, and why I love music in the first place. Experimenting on a Young album might mean that he’s … Read more
Photo Credit: Jon Gitchoff “And lately you don’t make sense to me.” I can’t stop listening to this song from singer-songwriter and fellow Saint Louisan, Beth Bombara. There’s something about it that makes me think of my favorite albums I like to play in the fall. Albums like Neko Case’s Furnace Room Lullaby and Kathleen … Read more
At times during Sarah Jaffe’s stellar debut album, Suburban Nature, you’re left wondering how the singer-songwriter from Texas is only 24. Her voice, as alluring as it is, isn’t as sweet as it is loud and confident; the subjects she sings about echo a younger Kathleen Edwards, only just as fierce. And it only took … Read more
Photo Credit: Erica Beckman Sometimes I think of how life must have been for you here What life could have been like for you here What life should have been like here with you On November 9th, 1938, Clare Burson’s grandmother, Helga Rabinowitsch, left Leipzig, Germany, for the United States. Rabinowitsch fled moments before the … Read more
Album art for The Big Pink’s upcoming Future This Wow. 2011 was a helluva year for music. But, then again, so was 2010. Today, we feel ready to begin it all again (on our second birthday, no less!) with a batch of new records coming our way in January, February, and March. Here’s the 25 … Read more
Photo by Steve Gerrard I was feeling so lost for so long I didn’t know what to do It was 2008 at Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room in Saint Louis, and Kathleen Edwards and her band had just finished playing her songs with such fire, such enjoyment that, really, she sounded nothing like she did on … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar asking for flowers is like asking you to be nice When an artist you love starts a show with your favorite song, it can go two ways: uphill, like the song was a sign that the set would be perfect, or downhill, with the song as the highest point. Last … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar Kathleen Edwards’ new album, Voyageur, has swept across the land in the past few weeks, earning praise for the lightning bolt of awesome that is the musician from Ottawa. In fact, we got to chat with her not so long ago; you can read our conversation with her here. On … Read more
As we make our way into the second half of 2012, we want to take a minute to look back at what we saw, what we wrote, who we spoke to, and who we shot in January through June. In the coming days, we’ll also be posting our favorite songs of the first half of … Read more
That, my friends, must be the saddest album cover of 2012. And Glen Hansard: I love you, man, but you’re a sad bastard. And so am I. But let me clarify: sad music makes me happy. I have heard your calls to not listen to sad music when I am down. But I ask you … Read more
Photo by Justin Vernon “Margaritas and sleeping pills.” Holy awesome, is it great to hear Kathleen Edwards’ voice again. I am beyond excited to see her on Sunday at The Pageant, where she’ll be opening for Bon Iver. “Change the Sheets,” which I’m hoping she’ll play this weekend, is taken from her upcoming album, Voyageur, … Read more