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Son Volt

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    The Top 5 Weirdest Woody Guthrie Covers

    By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO When Woody Guthrie's daughter Nora opened up the archives of her father's copious amounts of unreleased material to Billy Bragg and Wilco back in the late '90s, the union produced two Mermaid Avenue albums chock full of the late Okie's unrecorded lyrics set to new music. The re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    Listomania: Top Americana Picks For 2009

    We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2009

    Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, and a bad actress pay tribute to Kerouac’s Big Sur

    We spent 2009 sorting through piles of folk and Americana releases, revising this list in our heads till the bitter end and failing repeatedly to understand the hype behind the Avett Brothers in the process. While a year of listening brought no shortage of pleasant surprises, our hands-down favorit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar Plan Kerouac Tribute Show in S.F.

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2008

    Black Keys Added to 'This Land is Your Land' Lineup

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Cat Power, Sheryl Crow, Henry Rollins, Mike Ness at This Land is Your Land Festival 9/20

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2007

    Son Volt's Jay Farrar Tells SF Weekly His '07 Music Faves -- And by '07 we mean '75

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2006

    Death gets reanimated in the hands of Gob Iron

    Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

  • Music

    June 18, 2003

    Clem Snide

    Soft Spot

  • Music

    June 4, 2003

    Uncle Tupelo

    No Depression/Still Feel Gone/March 16-20, 1992

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Continental Drifter

    You can take Hudson Bell out of the South, but you can't take the South out of this singer/songwriter

  • Music

    January 19, 2000

    Out of the Country

    Richard Buckner gave up on major labels and "y'allternative," but not the art of storytelling

  • Music

    September 8, 1999

    Riff Raff

    Disappearing Acts and Blame Canada

  • Calendar

    May 5, 1999

    Night & Day

    Disappearing Acts and Blame Canada

  • Music

    December 30, 1998

    1998: The Year in Lists

    Disappearing Acts and Blame Canada

  • Calendar

    November 4, 1998

    Night + Day

    Disappearing Acts and Blame Canada

  • Music

    October 14, 1998

    Country and Midwestern

    Disappearing Acts and Blame Canada

  • Music

    October 15, 1997

    Evolution Revolution

    The Apples pop in all the right places

  • Music

    July 24, 1996

    SFO3 1996

    The Apples pop in all the right places

  • Music

    March 6, 1996

    Revival Meeting

    HighTone Records' Roadhouse Revival Tour

  • Calendar

    January 31, 1996

    Night+Day

    HighTone Records' Roadhouse Revival Tour

  • Music

    January 31, 1996

    Recordings

    HighTone Records' Roadhouse Revival Tour

  • Music

    January 3, 1996

    The Book of Lists

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

  • Calendar

    December 6, 1995

    Night+Day

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

  • Music

    November 22, 1995

    Samples

    SF Weekly contributors salute the best (and worst) music of 1995

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