Cody Jinks On New Outlaw Country Film: “Where’s Whitey and Ward?”
Cody Jinks is not letting go of his beef with who and what is being characterized as “Outlaw.” On (3-17), Cody Jinks once again took to social media after doing more research into the ‘They Called Us Outlaws’ documentary. Source: savingcountrymusic.com
Adam Gopnik salutes the immigrant experience that shaped American music
In a conversation with pianist Lara Downes, the New Yorker staff writer says music in America will keep evolving as long as the country keeps an open door to new people and new sounds. (Image credit: Lara Downes)
Who is Walter Mignolo?
A prominent architect of decolonial theory, his diagnosis of European colonial ills is both penetrating and flawed – by Federico Perelmuter Read on Aeon Source: aeon.co
New Documentary Series “They Called Us Outlaws” Premiers in Austin
The project has ballooned into a 10 part, 11-hour series. Consider it like the Ken Burns Country Music documentary that ran on PBS back in 2019, but dedicated to the Outlaw country movement. Source: savingcountrymusic.com
Album Review – “Country Never Dies” (Gavin Adocock? Various Artists)
All of the marketing ahead of its release made us believe this would be some sort of Gavin Adcock traditional country covers album, with a host of other artists participating. That’s not exactly what you get. Source: savingcountrymusic.com
New York hip-hop experimentalist Elucid: ‘I like the harmony of the city. Everybody’s got a little solo’
From a pocket of Zen in the Dream House installation, the rapper/producer talks about channelling the city’s perpetual din, whether solo or with Billy Woods as Armand Hammer Seated opposite me in the Dream House, New York rapper and producer Elucid leans against the wall, crosses his ankles and shuts his eyes. Perfumed by incense, […]
Great art explained: Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581
Why Ilya Repin’s masterpiece of Ivan the Terrible, first banned in 1885, remains one of Russia’s most controversial paintings – by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon Source: aeon.co
Jason Isbell, Justin Townes Earle Fallout Explained in New Book
When Jason Isbell released the song “When We Were Close” on his 2023 album “Weathervanes,” it created some interest, and stirred some controversy since the song is about Justin Townes Earle. In January, Rolling Stone music reporter Jonathan Bernstein released a book on the life of second generation singer/songwriter Justin Townes Earle called What Do […]
‘People say: be quiet and make your music’: avant-pop star Mary Ocher on her vociferous politics – and leaving Israel behind
Born in Russia and raised in Israel, Ocher rejected the IDF draft for a life in Germany. As she releases an album inspired by the Weimar period, she discusses nationalism, AI and the future of humanity ‘When I moved to Berlin 19 years ago, it felt like some kind of revival of the Weimar period,” […]
Joshua Burnside – It’s Not Going to be Okay
Many of the songs on Joshua Burnside’s “It’s Not Going to Be Okay” can disarm you or take your breath away from their very first lines. Burnside is the most consistently human and the most surprising of songwriters. Details spring out at you like spiders from the cracks between floorboards. Meteors and energy-efficient light bulbs, […]