Topic: Uncle Tupelo

Son Volt

After the breakup of Uncle Tupelo in 1994, songwriter and musician Jay Farrar and drummer Mike Heidorn formed the " Jay Farrar , Dave Bryson , Andrew Duplantis , Chris Masterson , Derry De Borja Farrar's Uncle Tupelo collaborator Jeff Tweedy is now the lead singer ...

What is Alt-Country Music?

Alt- country music is a nickname for a genre known as alternative country. Alt-country music is also sometimes referred to as Americana music, or as No Depression , after an album title by early alt-country band Uncle Tupelo.The alt-country movement first started ...
When Gram Parsons first started recording in the 1960s, country was anything but 'hip.' But this Georgia boy's love for the music was genuine, and his laid-back 'cosmic' take on old-school standards opened a new generation's eyes and ears (and ...

A+E: Noise: Coming to Town: Birdmonster

BirdmonsterNo Midnight (3 1/2 stars) Peter Arcuni, frontman and songwriter for this Bay Area quartet, must have a killer record collection, judging from the apparent influences behind the gritty, angular rockers' full-length debut: The Replacements, Fugazi, Mission of Burma, Uncle Tupelo ...

Artist Profile: Wilco

country band Uncle Tupelo in 1994, Tupelo co-lyricist Jeff Tweedy organized Wilco with three of his Uncle Tupelo bandmates. Wilco Bio and Profile Wilco Official Web site Wilco on MySpace .