It’s not every day that a live show can bring you to tears but this wasn’t an ordinary live show. Will Johnson and John Moreland (supported by John Calvin Abney) stormed the Bowery Ballroom with nothing but their guitars and…
This is the John Moreland album I’ve been waiting for. I still maintain that Everything the Hard Way is my favorite album, possibly ever, but Big Bad Luv is certainly in a close second (at least in terms of his…
Today marks the official fifth anniversary of this blog’s first post. I began this blog shortly into my grad school career, which means this blog has accompanied me throughout adulthood. Through excitement, heartbreak, tragedy, pride, and failure, I’ve had this…
Apologies for my hiatus — I needed to turn into an elf for Santa for a couple of weeks. That and my physical exhaustion after teaching for most of a semester (my annual facial tick is gradually dying) made writing…
Given my own emotional state lately, I was a little nervous about listening to the new John Moreland album. Could I really handle another beautifully phrased litany of personal failures? I was happy to find that High on Tulsa Heat…