‘It’s brutal right now’: one-woman powerhouse Maimuna Memon on the surprise aftermath of winning an Olivier
The writer, actor and singer won an award for her role in Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812. Then everything went silent. As the rising star returns in her very own musical, she hits out at ‘massive’ celebrity casting This time last year, Maimuna Memon was surfing an almighty career high. The Lancashire-born […]
Album Review – “Country Never Dies” (Gavin Adcock? 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
Three emerging Americana artists for your favorite playlists
Remy Sher – “If She Left (I Think I’d Miss Her)”-I’m a sucker for an understated lyric in the vein of Blaze Foley or even John Prine. I don’t think it’s overstating that this track has some of that chill, easy going Americana energy. Something about the sway in the electric guitars and the rasp […]
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