more by Christopher John Treacy
[ROCK] Ben Folds has always been an unlikely rock star, and he’s made it his stock in trade.
[FOLK] Initially, it seemed to fit a template of co-ed duet albums begun ages ago, carried out by classic country royalty like Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, George Jones and Tammy Wynette… even Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell. But Steve Earle insists his debut album with Shawn Colvin is
[ROCK] The unfortunate feuding between the older and younger Zappa siblings over the Zappa Family Trust has been in the news lately, but that hasn’t stopped the greatest Zappa tribute show from mounting its annual tour. Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa is the new name.
[ROCK] Over the course of a career that began in the early 1970s, Brit singer-songwriter Joe Jackson has proven to be inscrutable and enigmatic.
[ROCK] If you’re a fan of Workingman’s Dead (the album, not the cover band—although it could work either way) then you might enjoy the old-world twang that sometimes crept into the Grateful Dead’s output and certainly informed some of Jerry Garcia’s side projects