The Jayhawks – review

Academy, ManchesterThe Jayhawks have never had great timing. They honed their country-rock sound just as grunge went global. They released their second album, 1992's Blue Earth, on a major label just as the US media attacked the huge sums of money spent by the majors on albums-oriented bands that didn't produce hit singles. Halfway through the Minneapolis band's chequered career, Mark Olson, one of their two principal singer-songwriters, ran off to the desert with a new wife amid such acrimony ...

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The Jayhawks – review

Guardian Music — Academy, ManchesterThe Jayhawks have never had great timing. They honed their country-rock sound just as grunge went global. They released their second album, 1992's Blu... more info