By Richard Skanse It’s mid-morning on Tuesday, July 18 — Day 2 of President Trump’s mildly ballyhooed “Made in America” week — and Todd Snider …
By Richard Skanse “Hey, do you know anything about bubble machines?” Amanda Shires is on the phone from her home in Nashville, wrapping up a …
HARD WORKING AMERICANS Rest In Chaos Melvin/Thirty Tigers After the self-titled cover romp of 2014’s Hard Working Americans, featuring songs by such Americana catnipsters as Hayes …
Punching in with Americana’s new supergroup By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Todd Snider may present himself as a barefoot-stoner folkie just …
HARD WORKING AMERICANS Hard Working Americans Thirty Tigers/Melvin When Todd Snider’s friend and co-manager, Great American Taxi keyboardist Chad Staehly, suggested Snider try hanging out …
AMANDA SHIRES Carrying Lightning amandashires.net “Look how easy a heart can catch on fire,” observes Amanda Shires just over two minutes into her first song …
