Helen Hunt on A Good Woman

By Tim Porter at 12:00 AM on February 2, 2006

What is a cynic?” Oscar Wilde questioned in his first stage play, Lady Windermere’s Fan.  read more

Philip Seymour Hoffman

By Tim Porter at 12:00 AM on February 2, 2006

It began the moment the film screened at the Telluride Film Festival  read more

Taste: Running the Barbecue Belt

By Stephen Beaumont at 12:00 AM on February 1, 2006

When John Hiatt sings, in “At least we can get a decent meal  read more

4 to Watch: Richard Julian

By Rob O'Connor at 12:00 AM on February 1, 2006

Richard Julian’s Slow New York delivers bluesy, acoustic-spun  read more

Rosanne Cash

By Tom Lanham at 12:00 AM on January 31, 2006

Sometimes it takes grief and loss to see your life in a new way  read more

Mark Kozelek: Of Mouse And Moon

By Sarah Schmelling at 12:00 AM on January 31, 2006

Former Red House Painter turns his attention to covers...again  read more

The Elected

By Matt Fink at 12:00 AM on January 31, 2006

Rilo Kiley’s Blake Sennett takes an orchestrated left turn  read more

James Blunt

By Hal Bienstock at 12:00 AM on January 31, 2006

Five military secrets to rock success  read more

Artist of the Week: Paul Duncan

By Katie Tanner at 12:00 AM on January 23, 2006

You can take a man out of the South, but you can’t take the South out of a man...  read more

Jenny Lewis

By Matt Fink at 12:00 AM on January 23, 2006

"This is as close as I’ve come to who I think I am."  read more

Everything can change in a New York... Doll?

By Leila Regan at 12:00 AM on January 21, 2006

Donning gender-bending lipstick, high heels and spandex and singing shout-out-loud lyrics  read more

Life, Camera, Action

By Robert Davis at 12:00 AM on January 21, 2006

Play it Again, Jorgen: A Case for the Remake  read more

Wilson Pickett dead at 64

By Benjy Eisen at 12:00 AM on January 20, 2006

Pickett is synonymous with the greasy, unfiltered soul that was a powerful influence on early rock ’n’ roll  read more

Amadou & Mariam

By j. poet at 12:00 AM on January 13, 2006

Amadou and Mariam’s first international release sounds like an African house party...  read more

The Shins Chase Butterflies to Mexico

By Erin Ergenbright at 12:00 AM on January 13, 2006

North American Monarch butterflies travel up to 3,000 miles annually...  read more

Joe Henry Helps Aimee Mann Punch It Up

By Bud Scoppa at 12:00 AM on January 13, 2006

With Aimee Mann’s deep yet immediate 2005 album, The Forgotten Arm, Joe Henry demonstrated that his “live-on-the-floor” approach is as effective with contemplative guitar pop as it is with eruptive soul.  read more

Artist of the Week: Mike Willis

By Allie Goolrick at 12:00 AM on January 12, 2006

Willis is out to prove doing things independently doesn’t necessarily mean keeping out of the mainstream...  read more

Nellie McKay

By Amanda Petrusich at 12:00 AM on January 10, 2006

Did you see the Bob Dylan thing?” McKay inquires...  read more

4 To Watch: Winter Pills

By Scott Brodeur at 12:00 AM on January 10, 2006

Philip Price has tried writing when he’s happy...  read more

Listening to My Life: Paul Simon

By Andy Whitman at 12:00 AM on January 10, 2006

It’s a restless 3 a.m., the most melancholic hour for insomniacs...  read more