Photo by Johnny Giles The story of ‘Mean’ Mary James (who is perhaps best known as the intrepid, banjo-wielding songstress behind the inspired storytelling of 2013’s Year of the Sparrow, and the genre-bending follow-up Sweet) reads like a page from some lost rock ‘n roll memoir. She learned to read music before words; she wrote... Continue Reading →
A CONVERSATION WITH MEAT PUPPET’S DRUMMER DERRICK BOSTROM
While many will associate the Meat Puppets with the ’90s (thanks in no small part to their drop-in on Nirvana’s famed 1994 unplugged set), the Arizona band has quietly spent the past decade releasing one fantastic album after another. Derrick Bostrom, who recently reunited with the Kirkwood brothers after a two-decade hiatus from the group, was kind... Continue Reading →