“It was so different back then, with the word-of-mouth thing. People weren’t looking it up on the internet, but were actually reading a magazine.” – Laurie Stirratt You can feel a joyful yearning wash over the Atlanta audience as guitarist Cary Hudson and his Blue Mountain bandmates — bassist Laurie Stirratt and drummer Frank Coutch [...]

More than a decade on, most features about Steve Earle still recall his darkest days, when drink and drugs ruined multiple marriages and nearly killed him, finally landing him in jail. Earle says he understands how that sort of knee-jerk sensationalism comes with “the job” of being a well-known musician, actor and activist. But he’d [...]

Fate has been good to me You may not understand how I can be thankful to be where I am To be where I am. – Vic Chesnutt, “Ignorant People” Vic Chesnutt wheels himself into the room, gliding over the wooden floorboards with a sudden whoosh. “Hey,” he says, stifling a stray yawn under his [...]