Music :: Features

The Divine Comedy

By Kurt B. Reighley at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Lorenz Hart could do it. Stephin Merritt can, too. But rare is the lyricist so skillful he or she can stitch a word last seen on a high school vocabulary quiz into a couplet... read more

Finn Brothers

By Bud Scoppa at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Tim and Neil Finn’s second album, Everyone Is Here, is a far cry from its predecessor, 1995’s Finn, a loose, playful, DIY affair... read more

Charlotte Martin

By Tom Lanham at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Two summers ago, Charlotte Martin was ecstatic, practically walking on air as she sat in a hip Hollywood coffeehouse, effusing over her then-pending Bong Load Records debut... read more

The Corrs

By Brian Baker at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Although it’s been four years since The Corrs’ last studio album, there are no lengthy vacations or uneventful navel gazing to report... read more

Tommy Stinson

By Wes Orshoski at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Because we record geeks so deeply lament the demise of our beloved Replacements, it’s a bit difficult to hear Tommy Stinson say that he was actually quite ready to move on... read more

Theresa Anderson

By Bill Clifford at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Theresa Anderson isn’t your typical diva. The Swedish-born temptress has been singing since she was 12 years old and won over a crowd of 6,000 in her homeland... read more

Katie Melua

By Tom Lanham at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Tonight, sitting on her stage stool during a pre-concert soundcheck, overseas folk-jazz diva Katie Melua is nervous. Very nervous... read more

Andy Stochansky

By Brian Baker at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Canadian singer/songwriter Andy Stochansky’s career is checkered as a gingham quilt. A session musician for everyone from Ani DiFranco to Barenaked Ladies... read more

Eisley

By Tom Lanham at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Feedback is squealing through the speakers at soundcheck, and it’s only getting louder, more intense. Guitarist Chauntelle DuPree looks at her six-string-slinging sibling Sherri, horrified... read more

Keller Williams Take the Stage

By Bill Clifford at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Keller Williams is redefining the term “one-man band.” He began 11 years ago in the bars and restaurants of Fredericksburg, Va., as a singer/songwriter... read more

John R. Williamson

By Philip Christman at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

“This album is my ‘Song of Songs,’” says independent artist John R. Williamson. He’s describing Maybe in a Shade You Don’t Know, a quietly revelatory cycle of songs... read more

Resolution for the BoDeans

By Dave Sims at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Roots rock has always been an exercise in optimism, a simple belief in the eternal resilience of a heartfelt lyric and a well-timed riff... read more

Waylon Payne

By Clay Steakley at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Waylon Payne grew up around the people many artists spend their lives imitating. His mother is outlaw-country songstress Sammi Smith... read more

Merlefest 2004

By Cory Albertson at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

There’s a mountain chill in the air on this first Saturday of May, and The Walker Center—located ‘on high’ overlooking the Wilkes Community College campus... read more

John Lee Hooker

By Elliott Stephen Cohen at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Archival blues material, once the tiny domain inhabited by collectors of dusty old 78s in flea markets, garage sales and back pages of specialty publications like Goldmine... read more

Production Notes: John Fields

By Bud Scoppa at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Fields motions to the gleaming Mac G5 that awaits his next command. “I have a lot of ways to fix stuff now, enabling the first-take performance to be the final performance... read more

4 To Watch For

By Billy Altman at 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

Adrienne Young & Little Sadie’s debut is called Plow To The End Of The Row, and every copy of the self-released CD comes with a packet of wildflower seeds... read more