Muzzle of Bees (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Yesterday brought the very welcomed first listens to Gary Louris and Mark Olson’s Ready for the Flood, due early next year on New West Records. Produced by The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson, the obvious appeal is to all those Jayhawks fans who have held themselves over on solo efforts by both Louris and Olson. [...]
The Independent (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
Estranged for years following Mark Olson's departure from The Jayhawks, the country-rock band of which they were the twin figureheads, the reunion of pianist Olson and guitarist Gary Louris has been one of the more heartening rapprochements of recent years.
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Mark Olson and Gary Louris have never officially closed up shop on the Jayhawks , the band they founded in 1985. Olson left in 1996, but there was always the ...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Marc Perlman has provided a steady rhythm for two of the most unassuming and excellent bands on the alt-country scene. He joined the Jayhawks in 1985 and, along with Gary ...
Glorious Noise (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
... single. If so, I can vouch that it's great. The other b-side on that single was an awesome live Gary Louris duet with Rosanne Cash on her "Seven Year Ache." But that rarity is not included in this collection. Nor are the two b-sides of the "Keys" single: a live version of "Radio King" and a cover Neil Young's "On The Beach."For anyone unfamiliar with the group, Golden Smog is made...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
'Hollywood Town Hall,' 'Tomorrow The Green Grass,' 'Sound of Lies,' 'Smile,' and 'Rainy Day Music' Are Now Available Through Major Digital Music Services NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- With Jayhawks founding members Mark Olson and Gary Louris reunited for a forthcoming new album, Legacy Recordings is honoring the original musical contributions of a great American band with the first-ever...
Twangville (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
2008 has seen some of the founding insurgents that have been credited for the Alt-Country movement have released albums this year. Names like the Old 97’s, Alejandro Escovedo, Gary Louris, Jason Ringenberg among others have proven that, in spite of rumors to the contrary, alt-country (or whatever you want to call it) is alive and [...]
Twangville (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
... tremendous solo artist, whose last album Ammunition featured none other than Lucinda Williams and Gary Louris. He’s a great songwriter and a terrific live performer. He has 4 solo records to his name, each with a different take on his folk rock sound. 2001’s Truth About Us featured Wilco (2000 line-up) as a backing band. Leeroy Stagger (Victoria, Canada) is one of my new favorite...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
... be heard practicing in the background.On collaborating on "She Ain't Me" with songwriters like Gary Louris and Mary Gauthier:One of the reasons I wanted to write with different people this time was to take myself out of that comfort zone, of writing and working with Chip (Taylor), to see what other things might come out of me. But the songs themselves are fairly autobiographical,...
Thumbrella - Words To A Void (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
... And there's nothing wrong with that. Carrie has written or co-written most of the songs (many with Gary Louris of The Jayhawks), and many of them seem to tell of love lost, unrequited, forgotten, forlorn, etc. ("Rag Doll", "Absence", "The Big Mistake"). She sounds real sad on some of these tunes, sounding at times like Alanis Morissette. On others she seems to be struggling with the...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
In the late '80s, Minneapolis was home to a tightly knit music scene that claimed its fair share of groups on college and alternative radio playlists. When they weren't playing in their own bands, singer Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run) and guitarists Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) Gary Louris (the Jayhawks) and Marc Perlman (the Jayhawks) got together as Golden Smog to play with friends and have...
