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Singer/Songwriter: Separated by More Than a Slash

The Curmudgeon: Questioning Assumptions in Popular Music Rodney Crowell once described his career to me like this: “I developed quickly as a songwriter, slowly but surely as a producer, but the last thing that came into focus was the performing.” What struck me was the distinction he made between singing and songwriting, as if the two activities were so different that they needed to be considered separately. He made me realize that the slash in the middle of the phrase, “singer/songwriter,” is the most tenuous, unexamined, over-hyped piece of punctuation in American music. The folk-music and Americana scenes operate...  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

Classic Paste: The Best of Issues 16-18 (June - November 2005)

(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)Next week, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't yet support a full staff. Back then, we were in our...  read more

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum's All For The Hall - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre - 10/15/08

Photos taken at Nokia Theatre by Eric Ryan Anderson ...  read more

Rodney Crowell: Sex and Gasoline

Maybe it’s the Dylanesque qualities of his voice that...  read more

Rodney Crowell - The Outsider

Righteously Pissed Off: Nashville fixture’s musical diatribe yields mixed results...  read more

20 Signs of Life From 2003

Fifteen years ago, Rodney Crowell’s Diamonds and Dirt finally exposed him directly to the country mainstream. They had long loved the songs Crowell wrote for other artists but largely failed to acknowledge him as anything more than a name in the liner notes. It must seem ironic to him now that the country music establishment is again unwilling to recognize him as he delivers his best work since that landmark release. Crowell returned to relevance with a decided sense of purpose on 2001’s The Houston Kid, a poignant examination of his youth. But with Fate’s Right Hand, Crowell roars into...  read more