Magnet Magazine — 25 years ago today, Badlands: A Tribute To Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska was released. Chrissie Hynde! Johnny Cash! Son Volt! Aimee Mann & Michael Penn! Crooked Fingers! Damien Jurado & Rosie Thomas! Los Lobos! Read our Springsteen live review from ... more info
Magnet Magazine — 30 years ago today, Son Volt released debut album Trace. Who else thought Jay Farrar would be the ex-Uncle Tupelo member who’d be the most commercially and critically successful, especially after Trace? Read our Q&A with him:
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Magnet Magazine — Veteran producer John Agnello has done a bang-up job of capturing the guitar-fueled essence of a slew of bands over the past four decades, from Screaming Trees, Dinosaur Jr and Buffalo Tom to Kurt Vile, Son Volt and Waxahatchee. Despite a lot of hard... more info
JamBase — Son Volt recently recorded a session for New York City public radio station WFUV. Three pro-shot videos from the set have been shared. more info
JamBase — Episode 35 of 'The JamBase Podcast' features a double dose of "Tour Stories" segments after "The Rundown." Zach Gill tells tales of a wild "BBQ" at an ALO show, meeting the president and jamming with Eddie Vedder, while Son Volt's Jay Farrar recalls ... more info
Aquarium Drunkard — Farrar’s strength as a lyricist often lies in his precise way of putting words together. His work has always been similar to an abstract painter, using imagery and the sounds of words as much as the meanings themselves to create moods across t... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Plus: Son Volt, Black Lips, DAWN, Tony Bennett, Kris Kristofferson, Japanese Breakfast, 'Live From Here with Chris Thile,' and more tickets on sale.
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Brooklyn Vegan — Alt-country vets Son Volt will release their new album, Union, on March 29. Frontman Jay Farrar says the album began as a political statement but he ended up interspersing the more fiery material with songs about the "power of love, time and music th... more info
Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Founder Jay Farrar says the band, which will perform at Space on Thursday, continues its quest for spiritual freedom. more info