Will Oldham

Amalgamated Sons of Rest Amalgamated Sons of Rest is the name of a one-off project by American songwriters Will Oldham and Jason Molina, along with Scottish colleague Alasdair Roberts . The collaboration yielded one eponymous EP , released in...

In this article: Amalgamated Sons of Rest, Jason Molina, Alasdair Roberts, Jade Tree Records, and My Morning Jacket

...of "Hearth Light of Our Home". Smith's whelp-vox struggles during these louder moments-- Oldham's did too-- but Hopkins and Rabbins judiciously back him on the choruses and the shaggy mess pulls through intact. Smith better navigates the...

In this article: Jason Molina and Songs: Ohia

...addition. Songs like "Hammer Down," "Just Be Simple" and "Memphis Moon" summoned the spirits of Neil Young, Will Oldham and Son Volt, but Molina's deft songwriting skills are never imitative; his best work deserves a place right alongside the...

In this article: Magnolia Electric Co., Jason Molina, Neil Young, Songs: Ohia, and Son Volt

...both playing on their albums and on the one-off album, Amalgamated Sons Of Rest. He also played hurdy-gurdy on the soundtrack of the 2003 film Young Adam ''. This was later released under the title ''Lead Us Not Into Temptation by David...

In this article: Alasdair Roberts, Drag City, Ladytron, Stirling, David Byrne, Dougie MacLean, Jason Molina, and Secretly Canadian

...undeniably redolent of the first-wave Americana scions Will Oldham and Uncle Tupelo. It's harder, however, to find precedents for the soft, sandy lilt of his group's performances, which sketch out a landscape as beautiful as it is unforgiving.

In this article: Jason Molina, Uncle Tupelo, and Ohio

...could be the best guide. If the Alt Country tag has stuck fast, you could say it's Will Oldham's fault, since he put out that first Songs:Ohia single, and John Peel put it on air (as he did for Palace Brothers). Splitting hairs, the debut...

In this article: Jason Molina, Magnolia Electric Co., Alt Country, What Comes After the Blues, Trials & Errors, Neil Young, Didn't It Rain, Hank Williams, Ghost Tropic, and Appropriation

...80s & 90s country-tinged rock bands lumped together as Alt. Country - the ones who DON'T have a makeshift mythology like Oldham, Callahan, Molina, and J. Merritt, or the experimentalism of Linkous, Lytle, S. Merritt and so on - are basically...

In this article: Alt Country, Rock, Gram Parsons, John Steinbeck, Bruce Springsteen, Wilco, Nick Cave, The Mekons, and Bill Callahan