Adam Lawrence – What a difference three years make.We last heard from the Old 97’s in 2001, when the Kinks-inspired Satellite Rides hit shelves. Most saw it as a solid record, but it was a pronounced step further from the cow-punk leanings that fueled their first three albums.
Adam Lawrence – Canadian singer/songwriter Carolyn Mark returns this year with the follow up to her first solo album, 2000’s Party Girl, and has managed to eclipse her previous output with Neko Case as the Corn Sisters and this year’s Tribute to The Nashville Soundtrack. Mark keeps the infectious spirit of her previous work at the forefront of Terrible Hostess.
I was first introduced to my Sweet Princess Neko Case about 36 months ago. Napster was in its heyday, and I, like many other music-loving single men in their mid-to-late-twenties, spent a lot of time frantically looking for new female artists.
Adam Lawrence – There are few singers who can honestly say, “I can sing anything” and mean it. Kelly Hogan, however, is one of those few. Born with a voice forged from diamonds, she’s just as comfortable belting out a tear-in-your-beer honky-tonk number as she is tackling the intricacies of jazz vocals.
