When Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Ian Hunter, Son Volt, and Calexico make a record to save your life, you’ve achieved icon status in the music world. Yet despite his performing in bands since the '70s and solo since the early '90s, Texas-native Alejandro Escovedo is hardly a household name for those who appreciate roots music. And he rarely sells out East Coast shows. But things are changing. Over the course of the past several months,... more ›

Last April, President Bush's iPod lineup was revealed to the world to contain some rather incongruous choices - from "My Sharona" by the Knack to a few Joni Mitchell songs. The world shrugged. But apparently what the leader of the free world is listening to is still a burning question, and so the Post's Reliable Source today reports that Bush's iPod Shuffle is now filled with some different tunes - everything from "American Pie"... more ›