For all the honky tonks and barroom backrooms Neko Case has played in her career, there was something strangely intimate about the Chicago Theater last Friday night.
Maybe it was her self-deprecating admission that her dress was so tight that it was only a matter of time before she toppled over. Maybe it was the [...]
Even when they were young singer-songwriters with the fledgling Jayhawks, Mark Olson and Gary Louris were old souls. These are songwriters with a rare intuitive feel for making music that belongs to all time.
Their performances in Chicago began with a Live From Studio X appearance, which was recorded at The Hideout. I went [...]