Emmylou Harris

How Undercover Animal Rights Activists are Winning the Ag-Gag War

Sweet Limited Edition Releases for Record Store Day

​Record Store Day is like Christmas in April for both fans and independent record shops. Fans make pilgrimages to local shops seeking limited edition releases, free shows, band signing, bonuses, sales and if you're lucky, free food. The releases are hyper-limited--smaller stores may only get one ... More >>

Missives from SXSW: Exene Cervenka (of X) Sings With Old 97s, Thinks of Japan

Most famous as a punk rock icon and artist, Exene Cervenka (front woman for X, Knitters and Original Sinners) is documenting her adventures for Heard Mentality on the way to Austin's South By Southwest, the country's biggest music festival. Check out her complete tour diary archive here.Raven Lo ... More >>

Orange Bits: Lilith Fair, Billy Kernkamp, Pacific Amphitheatre and More

Meg Strouse / OC WeeklyEmmylou Harris at Lilith.​This week in local music coverage that isn't ours: Lilith Fair gets positive-yet-bored reviews, Billy Kernkamp gets real, big-name touring acts get money problems.

So What If You Missed Lilith? Twitter Tells All

Megan Strouse​Watch our slideshow here!Due to family obligations, day jobs and matters of taste, OC Weekly couldn't cover the Lilith fair stop at Irvine (which their Web site called the LA stop, duh) last Saturday. As Entertainment Weekly said, "by the time Lilith rolled into Irvine, Calif.'s Veri ... More >>

What You Missed: World Cup Viewing Parties, Dirty Little Secrets Burlesque, PETA Protest, Lilith Fair

Keith May​ Break out the vuvuzelas! What'd you miss this weekend? We were in Long Beach's 2nd St. visiting all the World Cup viewing parties, checking out the gals of the Dirty Little Secrets Burlesque (straight outta Huntington Beach!), dropping in on the PETA protest of the Ringling Bros. circus ... More >>

Lovin' Lilith

As a teen, Brandi Carlile was a huge Lilith fan. Now she's in its lineup

Last $10 for 10: Tickets For Lilith And More Coming Up

www.sarahmclachlan.comIf you buy tickets today you can watch Sarah Mclachlan for $10!​Live Nation is offering $10 tickets  for the last 10 days of June, where the concert promoter is hosting the "No Service Fee June" promo. That means every day until June 30, select shows will have $10 ticke ... More >>

SoCo Announces Fall Tour

[Mental Notes] Also: Obey vs. the Feds, lackluster Lilith, Coachella's broken record, new No Doubt?

Lilith Fair Is Back! But...

​ Can you smell the estrogen in the air? For the first time in a decade, festival founder Sarah McLachlan is bringing the celebration of women in music back to Orange County.

Avi Buffalo: Faster Than a Stampede

The Long Beach band have gone from zero to Sub Pop before Avi Zahner-Isenberg has reached drinking age

Today In Music News: Lilith Fair Is Back, White Stripes, Lil Wayne, Pixies

Lilith Fair to return after 10-year hiatus with Tegan and Sara (Tegan and I were pals for 30-minutes once), Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris and many more.The White Stripes to release a "seriously awesomely sounding" live box set March 16.Lil Wayne's rock record, Rebirth, delayed for t ... More >>

[CD Review] Elvis Costello, 'Secret, Profane & Sugarcane' (Hear Music)

Album Review: Elvis Costello, 'Secret, Profane & Sugarcane'

This album review runs in OC Weekly this week--summer guide issue!--but why wait until then? The record's out now! Yeah!Elvis CostelloSecret, Profane & Sugarcane(Hear Music)In this phase of his career, Elvis Costello seems determined to convince people he can do just about anything--jazz (2003's ... More >>

Silver Streak

Emmylou Harris

The Rhino Pop-Up Store—Isn't It Quaint?

Marry Me

Everyone knows and loves indie rock-country darlings the Watson Twins

Long May He Run

Not-so-young Neil confronts death with elegiac hymns to family, friendship and love

Endangered Species

The Crazy Horse is demolished, the Golden Bears Rick Babiracki passes on

Fertile Folkie

Mary Black enjoys her wild Irish ride

Big Old Goofy World

The art of the John Prine non-interview

Yes, Depression

Daniel Ahearns electro-country road songs

Not Bad Company to Keep

Patty Griffin does it her way

A Robert Hilburn Follow-Up

Can we kick you in the pants, too?

A Good Head of Anger

Michael Franti seems more intent on winning people over than on pissing them off, but hes okay with pissing them off

Fair Deal

Will the OC Fair finally stop blowing corn-dog chunks?

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