Rivers flood broad expanses of the Southern imagination. Haw, recently released by Hiss Golden Messenger, principally songwriter M.C. Taylor and producer/musician Scott Hirsch, is named for for one of those personal rivers, close by Taylor's former North Carolina home.
While emotions may change and opinions shift, the relationship I have with the musicians in 2011 is drawing to a close. Of those who make up my list of ten, nine of them performed in D.C. this year.
As the sun went down Sunday evening at Union Park, the seventh annual Pitchfork Music Festival came to a close after a long, hot day packed with music...