Drought, unemployment, unstable weather, ruined crops, decimated farmers: In retrospect, the devastating Dust Bowl of the Thirties sounds like a precursor to America in the Covid-19 era. Aptly, the album that chronicled those hard years in the Southern Plains in real-time is making a comeback of its own. Just in …
Read More »Waxahatchee Drops New Bruce Springsteen, Lucinda Williams, Dolly Parton Covers
Waxahatchee is celebrating the one-year anniversary of her critically acclaimed albumSaint Cloud with a new deluxe version, featuring three covers. The track list boasts renditions of Lucinda Williams’ “Fruits of My Labor” (which she performed live during her 2017-2018 Out in the Storm tour), Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Philadelphia,” and …
Read More »Waxahatchee Channels a Delicate Fury With 'Lilacs' Performance on 'Kimmel'
Waxahatchee performed a pristine rendition of her song “Lilacs” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday, February 9th. The performance took place in a big room with high ceilings, light pouring through the windows and reeds and other dry florals arranged around the room. As her backing band picked out the country-tinged …
Read More »Best Music 2020: Join Waxahatchee in Conversation With Rolling Stone
Katie Crutchfield made a major creative breakthrough last year with Saint Cloud, her fifth album as Waxahatchee. The Alabama-raised singer-songwriter was met with rave reviews across the board when the LP was released in March 2020, and enthusiasm for her clear-eyed country-rock songs about personal growth and domestic bliss held …
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