Shawn Colvin

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MySpaced Out: Finland Twangs!

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Loud Cloud

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Sound Check

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Static

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Hold the Tonic

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Last of the Hard-core Troubadours

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

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Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Sound Check

Frida Hyvönen We all know Helsinki rocks; that's a given. But to pigeonhole the Finnish music scene as nothing but one huge population of Laika and the Cosmonauts headbangers would be a mistake. While Finland certainly stands shoulder to shoulder with Sweden and Denmark when it comes to steroidal ... More >>

Fixed Up

Shawn Colvin's made A Few Small Repairs, and she's ready to show them off

Austin's Fave

Shawn Colvin's made A Few Small Repairs, and she's ready to show them off

Lilith Fair-ness

Sarah McLachlan had a brainchild, and it was a girl

Strange Days

Sarah McLachlan had a brainchild, and it was a girl

Night & Day

April 2-8, 1998

Born to Sing

April 2-8, 1998

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New Releases Reviewed

Another Rock Mag Bites The Dust: Performing Songwriter Says Goodbye

Print publications focusing on music continue to fall like pine trees in a hurricane. The latest to close its doors is 16-year-old Performing Songwriter. Editor/publisher Lydia Hutchison announced Wednesday that the June issue would be the last. The magazine joins No Depression, Blender and Count ... More >>

Moments the Grammy Awards Would Rather Forget

Soy Bombed

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Soy Bombed

Shawn Colvin

These Four Walls

Van Gogh with a Resonator

Remembering Chris Whitley, the universal bluesman

Charlie In Charge

Sexton has gone from child roots rocker to Spin cover boy to Dylanesque bard

Dishing the Dirt on Dirty

We chronicle the greatest moments of Ol' Dirty Bastard

Darden Smith

Circo (Dualtone Records)

The Power of Three

Lawndale presents a trio of weird, wacky and wonderful exhibits

Maura O'Connell

Saturday, July 27

He Saw the Light

Songwriter John Gorka finds it's always darkest before the dawn

Green Party

A child of the liberal folk movement, Dar Williams isn't above rocking out

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A child of the liberal folk movement, Dar Williams isn't above rocking out

Night & Day

April 16 - 22, 1998

Trish Sans Darin

All America mourns as Houston's winsome sibling duo calls it quits

Lonesome Onry and Mean: "Killing the Blues" with Plant and Krauss

Led Zeppelin shouter Robert Plant and country/pop vocalist Alison Krauss seem like a highly unlikely duo. When I heard they'd made an album together called Raising Sand, the pairing seemed so odd I didn't really even want to hear it. I thought their two voices would clash like Lucinda Williams and R ... More >>

Complete List of Texas' 2010 Grammy Nominees

​Rocks Off was pretty sure we missed a few Texas (or Texas-connected) artists in Thursday's writeup of the 2010 Grammy nominees, and it turns out we were right. We don't even remember scrolling past some of these categories over at Grammy.com, to be honest, but thanks to the Texas Music Office's C ... More >>

Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett Praise Houston On NPR

npr.org​Monday around lunchtime, local singer-songwriter and multiple 2010 HPMA nominee Lee Alexander emailed us that Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett were being interviewed together on NPR's World Cafe. Not only that, he added, both men were saying lots of nice things about Houston, where - in cas ... More >>

Top 10 Carole King Songs Written for Other Artists

​Carole King is a woman who has played a major part in creating numerous classic hit songs. She has helped to shape popular music since she and then-husband Gerry Goffin (they divorced in 1968) wrote "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" in 1961. Her songs have been covered by such diverse artists as Sm ... More >>