oldham_jpg_595x325_crop_upscale_q85I don’t know that I’ve read a better interview with a music personality than this one. Oldham comes across as good-humored, balanced, and wise. I feel like the time spent reading an interview on the internet wasn’t wasted; an uncommon feeling. Check it out.
Even though Will probably wouldn’t approve, MP3 from Beware after the jump. Read more

bucknerRichard Buckner’s cover for his 1998 record, Since, shows nine pictures of a candle flame blowing out. The record’s third song, Ariel Ramirez, is the sound of that candle wavering in the breeze, his baritone and guitar fighting against a pointless and paralyzing loss. Buckner’s lyrics suggest more than they tell; it’s almost the sound of them that’s more important than the words themselves. Put Ariel on/And smoke away the night/And do the white net crawl/Until the hammers fall. A piano joins Richard, Read more

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Drag City Records releases Beware by Bonnie “Prince” Billy today, March 17th. He’s bringing this record out less than a year behind Lie Down In the Light, one of my favorite records of last year. All accounts indicate that this one’s even better. I’m hoping to have a copy to play on the show tomorrow night. Tune in at 8:30 pm Pacific on KUOI, 89.3 FM, Moscow, or online here.