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Son Volt: Sound Signal Serenades
by Doug Collette
With the purposefully under-the-radar release of Son Volt's Sound Signal Serenades--which was not originally issued on Record Store Day in April 2026--long-time (long-suffering?) fans of Jay Farrar may be subject to raging cases of the “what if"s. In the early days of soon-to-be alternative country icons Uncle Tupelo, the St. Louis native was the chief songwriter and titular leader of the band. By the time the group had migrated to a major label, however, their fourth and final ...
Continue Reading...Son Volt: Okemah And The Melody Of Riot - Deluxe Edition
by Doug Collette
Jay Farrar has hardly shown himself to be a self-promoter during the course of his career. Dating back to the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo through his ongoing solo efforts and intermittently leading the similarly-styled Son Volt, this taciturn man has preferred to make his statements almost solely through his music. An exception to his low profile mode was work on and publicizing of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the latter band's Trace (Rhino,2015). But the release of ...
Continue Reading...Son Volt, "American Central Dust" (2009)
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Something Else!
By NICK DERISO Introspective, but brimming with a raw-boned optimism, “American Central Dust" finds a focused Jay Farrar asking questions -- and being OK when he doesn't always get them. That confidence of purpose, despite the unease of our fast-moving, recession-torn dynamic, seems to come from getting back to a stripped-down musical approach that once defined Son Volt and its leader -- both here and with his groundbreaking former alt-country band Uncle Tupelo.“American Central Dust," perhaps ...
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Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies | 07.17 | Saratoga
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JamBase
Words by: Dennis Cook | Images by: Susan J. Weiand
Son Volt/Cowboy Junkies :: 07.17.09 :: Villa Montalvo Garden Theatre :: Saratoga, CA
Son Volt :: 07.17.09 :: Saratoga, CA There's something so undeniably real about Son Volt. Dressed like workingmen and plying their trade with seriousness and purpose, speaking truth to power and calling out for love in songs that resonates on a foundational level with Woody ...
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