Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis guested on a bunch of each other’s songs on the opening night of their joint tour, and Adams continued the mutual lovefest continued Thursday at the Fox Theater in Pomona, California. Adams, who produced the studio version of Lewis’ splendid The Voyager track “She’s Not Me,&#...

This past year, Ryan Adams had a hand in two of the best straight-up rootsy rock albums in recent memory. One of those albums was his own very good self-titled LP. And the other was the even-better Jenny Lewis solo album The Voyager; Adams co-produced and played on much of that album. Over the weekend, [...]

Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams both share a birthday (which is today — happy birthday, guys!), and they made their admiration for each other known in a series of tweets today. The once contentious Ryan/Bryan connection goes way back, culminating in Ryan covering Bryan’s “Run To You” in concert last month. The ...

Last week, Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughin fulfilled a Halloween tradition by sharing a solo cover of the Sisters Of Mercy’s “First And Last And Always.” This week, he’s assembled his full band to cover “Come Pick Me Up,” a classic from Ryan Adams’ 2000 album Heartbreaker an...

Even with my never-ending obsession with music from the early ’80s, it’s a pretty rare opportunity when I get the chance to write anything about my favorites from that era. Last week, one of those rare opportunities popped up. I called Jim Kerr, the frontman of the Simple Minds — i.e., the man who sang [...]