Articles by Stuart Henderson

John Moreland

Fort York, Toronto ON, September 16

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2016

One of the most consistently impressive songwriters in Americana, Oklahoma's John Moreland has been quietly building a following among fans...

Drive-By Truckers

Fort York, Toronto ON, September 16

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2016

Emerging to the strains of the Clash's "Know Your Rights" — "This is a public service announcement with guitars!" — there could be little d...

​An Essential Guide to Willie Nelson

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2016

One of the true masters of American music, Willie Nelson's gifts as a songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and performer are almost unparalleled...

Wilco

Schmilco

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2016

Over their two-decades-plus run as one of America's most consistently rewarding bands, Wilco have rarely sounded as hushed, as restrained,...

Dolly Parton

Pure & Simple

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2016

Growing up in the fabulously named Locust Ridge, Tennessee, the young Dolly Parton developed both a desperate desire to overcome her dirt-f...

Neil Young + Promise of the Real

Earth

PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2016

More barn, indeed.   Another in a string of rather startlingly batshit releases from one of popular music's most unlikely superstars, this...

The Tragically Hip

Man Machine Poem

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2016

The Tragically Hip's 13th studio album is a darkly illuminated, late-career curveball likely to please and confound in equal measure. Rarel...

Brandy Clark

Big Day in a Small Town

PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2016

Already among the hottest songwriters in Nashville, Brandy Clark dropped her debut record 12 Stories in 2013 to nearly universal acclaim. A...