Son Volt

Album Reviews

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Album Review: Son Volt – Honky Tonk

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Album Review: Son Volt – American Central Dust

upcoming festivals featuring Son Volt

Wakarusa Music Festival 2013 Ozark, Arkansas (Mulberry Mountain) May 30, 2013
Northside Festival 2013 Brooklyn, New York (Various Venues) Jun 13, 2013
Kanrocksas 2013 Kansas Ciy, Kansas (Kansas Speedway) Jun 28, 2013
The Ride Festival 2013 Telluride, Colorado (Telluride Town Park) Jul 13, 2013

Articles about Son Volt

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Brooklyn’s Northside Festival announces 2013 lineup

By Staff on April 30th, 2013

The Walkmen, Black Flag, Swans, Solange, Mac DeMarco, and more.

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Album Review: Son Volt – Honky Tonk

By Ryan Bray on March 6th, 2013

Jay Farrar gives his band’s well-worn country rock a traditional kick.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2012 lineup revealed

By Alex Young on September 6th, 2012

Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Conor Oberst, The Chieftains, and more.

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My Morning Jacket, Florence and the Machine head Beale Street Music Festival 2012

By Alex Young on February 28th, 2012

Plus, Jane’s Addiction, Girl Talk, and Primus.

Hear another song from that Gibbard-Farrar Kerouac release

By Drew Litowitz on October 13th, 2009

A second track from One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur has surfaced in the form of “The Void”.

Jay Farrar readies new Mermaid Avenue with Jim James, Will Johnson

By Alex Young on September 25th, 2009

Woody would be proud.

Son Volt to sprinkle some more Dust over America

By Drew Litowitz on September 11th, 2009

Son Volt has already performed in a select number of cities this summer in support of Farrar and Co.’s latest goody, American Central Dust. In July, the band brought its alt-folk rock with the company of Cowboy Junkies, and it looks like the music will continue into the fall. The band will begin the first [...]

Farrar & Gibbard detail forthcoming collaboration plans

By Alex Young on August 14th, 2009

The two rock powers unite for album and tour in support of new Jack Kerouac documentary.

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard team up for new side-project

By Alex Young on July 17th, 2009

The creative minds behind Son Volt and Death Cab for Cutie join forces!

Album Review: Son Volt – American Central Dust

By Justin Gerber on July 7th, 2009

Arriving in the afterglow of Highway 61 comes the newest Son Volt record, American Central Dust, a much more stripped-down affair than the band’s previous release, The Search. Front man, and lone original member, Jay Farrar presents a new set of songs about man’s place in his country whether it be on the open road, [...]

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