DoT Podcast EP44: Lonely Troubadour David Ramirez Gets Some Company on the Road, New Comedy from Dana Gould, and New Release Roundup

Posted on October 27, 2017 by nzaino

For the past several years, David Ramirez has been traveling around the country with an acoustic guitar, pouring his heart into his fine,...... Read More

DoT Podcast EP22: Birds of Chicago on Touring and Love In Wartime, Plus New Comedy from Jenny Zigrino

Posted on March 2, 2017 by nzaino

This week on the Department of Tangents Podcast, a conversation with Allison Russell and JT Nero of Birds of Chicago, plus a preview...... Read More

New Release Roundup: Mega Bog, Frederick the Younger, Rose Cousins, and Duke Garwood

Posted on February 7, 2017 by nzaino

MUSIC 1. Mega Bog – Happy Together The third or fourth time I listened through Happy Together, Mega Bog’s first full-length album since...... Read More

What I Missed In 2016: Joe Henry and Billy Bragg’s Record on the Rails

Posted on December 30, 2016December 30, 2016 by nzaino

Since I launched this blog in March, I have tried to write about as many wonderful things as I can, in essays, the...... Read More

New Release Roundup: Lydia Loveless, John Paul White, Beaver Nelson, Lisa Hannigan, Eric Ambel, The Stray Birds, and Henry Phillips

Posted on August 19, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino

MUSIC 1. Lydia Loveless – Real Lydia Loveless used to hurl scorn and reproach with fistfuls of brickbat. Now she does it with...... Read More