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Joe Pug Talks The Great Despiser, Debuts New Track

Since 2008, Joe Pug has taken an unorthodox approach his music career. He sold his first album for free and has pushed his music into unfamiliar territories since, refusing to settle as he honed his work. Along the way, his finite understanding of human nature has allowed him to develop a riveting lyricism and unique songwriting craftsmanship.   read more

Catching Up With... Joe Pug

One of my closest friends, also a writer, gave me Pug’s latest release. His take on Joe Pug was less recommendation and more insistence: You’ve got to hear this guy.  read more

Rosanne Cash, Avett Brothers Win Americana Music Awards

The 9th annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards were handed out in Nashville’s celebrated Ryman Auditorium last night, honoring a selection of notable music greats....  read more

Live at Paste: Joe Pug

If you read us regularly (as you should), you might be a bit curious about Joe Pug. We recently gave his newest album, Messenger, a "phenomenal" rating (91/100). Click on the image to watch Joe Pug perform "Bury Me Far (From My Uniform)" live at the Paste studio. ...  read more

Joe Pug: Messenger

Prodigious Chicago folksinger makes it look effortless Some things can be learned: how to pick a few chords on the guitar, how to shut your eyes while you sing, how to wince just so during the bridge to convey emotional weight. But unless your surname is Dylan, Waits, Ritter or Prine, you could face-palm yourself to death trying to pen songs half as inspired as the 10 tracks on Joe Pug’s debut full-length. Before moving to Chicago and writing his first songs, the 25-year-old folk phenom studied playwriting at the University of North Carolina; he dropped out, but he never...  read more

Our Favorite Reader-Submitted Photos From SXSW 2010

Although it wasn’t for lack of trying, your humble Paste staffers simply couldn’t catch every show and moment on the street at SXSW 2010, so we opened up the gates to our readers to submit their favorite photos from the fest. Thanks to everyone who sent pictures—we had fun looking through them all. Here are our favorites:...  read more

Paste Reveals SXSW 2010 Party Lineups

More than 1,800 bands are now on the schedule for next month’s SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, and Paste is happy to announce our affiliated shows. You can find us at the Galaxy Room (formerly Bourbon Rocks) March 17 and 18....  read more

Judy Collins and Neko Case Set to Headline RootsFest 2010

Denver’s RootsFest will celebrate its fourth anniversary this year with a bill of trans-genre and generation artists. Folk veteran Judy Collins and alt.country cover girl Neko Case are set to headline the roots-music merrymaking....  read more

Joe Pug Preps Full-Length Album, Tours with Steve Earle

After making a big impression with his debut EP, Nation of Heat, and its follow-up, the In the Meantime EP (available for free here), Chicago-based folk poet/guitarist Joe Pug plans to release his first full-length Messenger in early 2010. Meanwhile, he'll hit the road this fall for a jam-packed solo tour through the US and jaunt through Europe with Steve Earle....  read more

Watch the Avett Brothers Perform Off-Stage at the Newport Folk Festival

During festival season, the folks who make up Paste really love watching our favorite artists take the stage. But over the last year, we've also enjoyed asking musicians like Jose Gonzales, Joe Pug, Grace Potter and Chairlift to do some performing off-stage....  read more