With rain and thunderstorms predicted, folks still showed up on Memorial Day morning to show gratitude for those who gave ...

Some bands are so far ahead of their time that commercial success eludes them, but their influence far outweighs their record ...

My uncle was pastor of a church in New Orleans during seminary days. One Sunday during prayer requests, a woman rattled off a list of names that some congregants didn’t ...

I loved playing Noah,' the actor says of his former 'Y&R' role, 'but I do feel a really strong connection to this character ...

The great alt-country band Uncle Tupelo played its last concert on May 1, 1994, at Mississippi Nights in St. Louis, Missouri. By the time of this show, Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar were already not ...

The start came in the mid-1990s when his then-band Uncle Tupelo played an intimate gig at a Tallahassee club. Uncle Tupelo fractured apart soon afterwards but gave rise to the less-country-fried ...

But just in case, the founding member of both Wilco and Uncle Tupelo, and producer, author and longtime Chicago fixture will perform his annual benefit shows this weekend. If you’d prefer to see ...

From Uncle Tupelo to Wilco and the band Tweedy – his duo with his son Spencer – he’s released cult albums like Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and written anthems like Jesus, Etc. and Everyone Hides.

First, any appearance anywhere by Jay Farrar — a legendary original member of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt — is itself worth rhapsodizing. But having him in the house that Parsons’ name built ...

guitar and pedal steel guitar-laden originals influenced by the likes of Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, Gram Parsons and Merle Haggard. The Miners live shows are always an event and, since forming in ...

“You know, bands like Neil Young and Uncle Tupelo and some of the more twangy, heavier bands were some of our favorites,” Heard explained. “But then Mason, our guitar player, is a metal guy. I really ...

When Uncle Tupelo, an Illinois band that was enormously influential on the development of the alt-country movement, broke up in 1994, four-fifths of their final lineup quickly formed Wilco.