NEW YORK (Billboard) - Best known for leading the alt-country rock bands Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, Jay Farrar teamed with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard for his latest project, an album with ...

NEW YORK (Billboard) - In an ode to Beat author Jack Kerouac, alt-country musician Jay Farrar has teamed with Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard for a collaborative album, "One Fast Move or I'm Gone: ...

The reissue of Son Volt's The Search on both CD and vinyl configurations ties up loose ends in the seminal Americana band's discography, but, more importantly, it documents Jay Farrar's earliest ...

Jay Farrar is the Michael Stipe of alt-country. Like the R.E.M. lead singer, Farrar sings in a mesmerizing mumble, allowing cryptic, tantalizing phrases to float to the surface of clarity. As with ...

“Every road has a story to tell/ Of dreams that have soared/ And dreams that fell,” sings Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar in his distinctive voice on “Down the Highway,” a centerpiece tune — “about the ...

Jay Farrar has had a career that follows the dusty winding path of American indie roots music to its tributaries in Uncle Tupelo. But on his outfit Son Volt’s latest release American Central Dust, the ...

Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs Jay Farrar 192 ISBN: #1593765126 Soft Skull Press 2013 Anyone who's familiar with Jay Farrar's work with Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, his various collaborations such as New ...

Winter Haven’s historical Gram Parsons’ Derry Down is already a one-of-a-kind place of deep musical significance. This two-night stand, however, will channel and honor its hallowed namesake spirit ...

When you walk through the SoHo (South of Houston Street) area of New York City at night, you can’t help but feel like you’ve stepped onto a movie set: dimly lit, cobblestone streets lead you past ...

As Son Volt leader Jay Farrar told Chicago Tribune writer Steve Johnson about the long-running alt-country band’s latest full-length, Notes of Blue, the record’s style derives partly from the work of ...