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I caught Wilco’s Austin City Limits taping last night. Some of my Instagram pics here and here. Was a great set that had them digging back into their catalog as much as they gave attention to their new album, The Whole Love. The highlight of the night was Nick Lowe’s guest appearance for an collaborative [...]

grass|roots :: Tony Rice

By Jon Stone | @jwstone grass|roots ep. 4 In my first grass|roots post, I mention that my interest in writing about acoustic music and its traditions is an exploratory venture and not one based, necessarily, on expertise. With this post on Tony Rice, I begin that exploration in earnest. Surely there are folks out there [...]

Pearl Jam + Neil Young :: Rockin’ In The Free World

As I’m rounding third and coming home to the conclusion of the Neil Young bio Shakey, I’m reminded of the above collaboration featuring Neil Young + Pearl Jam from the MTV Music Awards circa 1993. Somewhere I have a well-worn VHS tape with the same footage. I must have played it a hundred times. The [...]

Pure Country: The Leon Kagarise Archives, 1961-1971

I received a haul of new books over the holidays. I’m currently devouring the Neil Young biography, Shakey. One that I’m excited about getting into is Pure Country: The Leon Kagarise Archives, 1961-1971. It’s part coffee table page-turner and part country music almanac. A perfect tool for unearthing the long-forgotten, or in my case, an [...]