ALL PHOTOS BY JASON GONULSEN Words by Jason Gonulsen “Stop Factory Farms.” My first time in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, and that’s what I’ll remember most. Farm Aid was back for its 32nd year. I thought of that many times over the day: 32 years. Thirty-two. Wherever you walked inside KeyBank Pavillion, you met a person wearing … Read more
ALL PHOTOS BY CHRIS LAY Farm Aid 2019 landed in at Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin last weekend, and we had photographer Chris Lay there to capture all the action. Farm Aid has always been festival dear to our hearts at Speakers in Code; the benefit show started in 1985 in Champaign, Illinois, striving … Read more
ALL PHOTOS BY NATE BURRELL Beck and Willie Nelson lit up Kansas City’s Starlight Theatre on Friday night, and Speakers in Code photographer Nate Burrell was there to capture the action. This kicked off a tour for Beck, who, as you might recall, won the Grammy for Album of the Year for his 2014 release, Morning … Read more
They’ve toured with Bob Dylan and Ryan Bingham, and they’ll soon cut loose on the road with Willie Nelson and ZZ Ward (including a 10/14 stop at The Firebird). Not to mention slots at Summerfest, Forecastle Festival, and the Austin City Limits Music Festival. You could say Nashville’s The Wild Feathers have a few things … Read more
Photo by Sonya Jasinski Back in February, I traveled to Champaign, IL with my brother to witness this. We took his car, which also meant his music: The Essential Willie Nelson. Fine by me, considering that he was preaching Alan Jackson over Christmas. Next trip, though, I think we can meet in the middle and … Read more
Bear in Heaven will be releasing their new album, I Love You, It’s Cool, on April 3rd via Dead Oceans/Hometapes. But, you can hear it now. Sort of. The trio from Brooklyn began streaming their latest finished project back on December 11th, only they slowed down the playback by about 400,000%, so all you’ll hear … Read more
Photo by Chris Lay Last month, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals released The Lion The Beast The Beat, and the “deluxe version” of the album offered a little gem: Potter’s duet with Willie Nelson on “Ragged Company,” a song that was originally released on the first GPN album, Nothing But the Water. Here’s the issue … Read more