The Thorns

Triple Threat Friday: Conversations with BoDeans, Bleu and The Chapin Sisters

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Jones, Five for Fighting, Linda Ronstadt, The Mamas and the Papas, Elo, Keith Olbermann, Glen Campbell, Harry Chapin, Dolly Parton, The Beatles, John Mayer, Rooney, Lily Chapin, Abigail Chapin, Wes Craven, The BoDeans, The Thorns, The Electric Light Orchestra, The Brill Building, Disney, Party of Five, Hank Williams, The Rolling Stones, Kurt Neumann, Simon & Garfunkel, Depeche Mode, Paul McCartney, WHY Hunger, Led Zeppelin, Mary Travers, Taylor Locke, Jessica Craven, Train, All in the Family, Tom CHapin, Emmylou Harris, Time of Your Life, The Jeffersons, Sam Llanas, John Adams, Glenn Beck, Cashman & West, American Idol, Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen, Bleu, Statistics, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas of BoDeans talk their new album, the band's early days, and why their six-year break was a dark period.

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Lighting Up and Lifting Off The Ground: Conversations With Shawn Mullins and Chely Wright

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Scrubs, Court Yard Hounds, Prince, Shawn Millins, Paul Simon, Matthew Shepard, Glsen, Star Search, John Prine, Matthew Sweet, John Hiatt, Josiah Leming, Conway Twitty, Glen Phillips, Til Tuesday, The Thorns, Marshall Altman, Steve Forbert, Party of Five, Daughtry, Aimee Mann, Dawson's Creek, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Faith in America, Shawn Colvin, Steve Buckingham, Stephen King, Chuck Cannon, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Bob Dylan, Chely Wright, Entertainment Weekly, Tom Petty, Tom Waits, Nanci Griffith, Who Killed the Electric Car?, Max Gomez, Emmylou Harris, Townes Van Zandt, Warren Beatty, Lyle Lovett, Russell Carter, Jakob Dylan, Patty Griffin, Joni Mitchell, Jeffrey Dahmer, Greg Latterman, Bill Hicks, American Idol, The Bluebloods, Jon Brion, James Taylor, Joe Don, Electric Cars, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The Thorns absolutely has been my radar since it was first issued. Now, he's been the songwriter's songwriter for a long time: care to go into some of the Shawn Mullins story?

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HuffPost Reviews: Pearl Jam, Monsters of Folk and More, Plus an Interview with David Gray, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conor Oberst, Monsters of Folk, Aimee Mann, Los Lobos, Son Volt, Brendan O'Brien, David Gray, Uncle Tupelo, Matthew Sweet, Ally McBeal, Orba Squara, Don McLean, Best Buy, The Avett Brothers, The Beatles, Wedding Daze, Grateful Dead, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, George Thorogood, Johnm Lennon, Entertainment News, Billy Squire, Annie Lennox, Iphone, The Thorns, My Morning Jacket, Cat Stevens, Harry Connick Jr., The Band, Pete Droge, Wilcon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

So this is what Pearl Jam would sound like after hanging with George Thorogood. It's great to hear the guys trying on old school rock 'n' roll and putting their moniker on it.

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