Nels Cline widens his eyes, gets an ultra-serious look on his face, brings his hands up. “Yes,” he says, with an exaggerated ...

On the new music front, it’s also a very busy week. I highlight 11 new albums below, and Bill tackles more in Indie Basement, including Edwyn Collins, Throwing Muses, Bambara, Étienne de Crécy (ft.

In recent years, Nels Cline's albums on Blue Note have run the gamut from the lush, orchestrated romanticism of the expansive double-CD set Lovers of 2016 ...

Nels is best known now as the towering, lanky, blond guitar provocateur of Wilco, a gig he’s had for 21 years now, following stints in bands including Bloc, ex-Minutemen bassist Mike Watt’s ...

Spring is here! Celebrate with weekend events from live music and festivals to daredevils in the Smokies to Girl Scout Cookies matched with beer.

Brian May and Roger Taylor on Queen’s songs and Freddie’s genius. Plus Sex Pistols, The Beatles, The Pogues, Dionne Warwick, ...

The Near End, the Dark Night, the County Line couldn’t be a more welcoming, or easygoing, introduction to Takuro Okada as a ...

Americana singer-songwriter Charley Crockett follows his Grammy Award-nominated 2024 set with major label move, joining new ...