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Nine Great Songs About Roads

By Rachael Maddux, photo by Rachael Maddux on 7:00 AM on January 4, 2009

The Paste staff is slowly trickling back into the office after our holiday trips, and I think I can safely speak for everyone when I say that, if we're not completely happy to be home, then at least we're thrilled to be off the roads for a bit. Not that Atlanta traffic is much better, but hey, better the snarled, congested, crazy-making concrete devil you know, right? In tribute to coming home from the holidays, and in celebration of all the travels 2009 will bring, here are nine great songs about roads. Listen to them all on the last page,... read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Griffith Lights Up Road With Ruby's Torch

By Paste Staff on 10:24 AM on January 31, 2007

Singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith will tour the US and parts of the UK this winter, appearing with her longtime band the Blue Moon Orchestra on the tour’s first leg and with her new Torch band on the second. Having firmly established herself as one of the preeminent female artists of the Americana-roots genre, Griffith took a somewhat different turn with her latest release, Ruby’s Torch. Including tunes penned by Tom Waits and Jimmy Webb, Torch is a collection of sultry love and un-love songs released by Rounder Records in November 2006. "Many of these songs, particularly the Tom Waits tunes, have... read more

Found in: Music, News

Nanci Griffith

By Michael Alan Goldberg on 12:00 AM on February 20, 2005

Sailing onto the stage of the Moore Theater with her four-piece Blue Moon Orchestra, veteran folk-pop singer Nanci Griffith smiles assuredly... read more

Found in: Concerts, Reviews