High Road Touring

[New York Times] More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here, in an unranked list, are the artists they chose. Whatever anybody means about a song’s texture turns tactile with Lucinda Williams. Sweat salt. Ice crunch. Oyster grit. Matches. Grease (bacon, engine, ...

[The Guardian] By Dave Simpson When the singer-songwriter and Sufjan Stevens collaborator became gravely ill, he had to learn to walk, talk, hear, play and sing again. Music – and a love of antique instrumentation – helped him rebuild On Halloween 2021, Angelo De Augustine was at home in Los Angeles when he suddenly collapsed. ...

[Brooklyn Vegan] By Bill Pearis “it was a really well kept secret,” Bob Mould says of the announcement that his very popular ’90s band, Sugar, were going to reunite for their first tour in 31 years. “The day that we actually announced, I had a couple dozen really upset friends, like, ‘why did you not fucking tell me?'” ...

[Glide Magazine] By John Moore Joe Pernice has been playing an uncompromising brand of indie music for more than three decades now. He dug into alternative country with the Boston-based Scud Mountain Boys before switching to a more indie rock/pop sound with the Pernice Brothers. But it’s his latest—and first—solo studio effort, where he strips it ...