Fred Eaglesmith

Fred Eaglesmith writes a lot of car songs for a guy who’s not named Springsteen. Then again, after a decade plying his noirish brand of country-folk at more than 300 venues a year, it makes sense. Eaglesmith’s songs are tailor-made for a late night on the interstate, owing as much…

And The Band Played On

On Thanksgiving night 1976, the five men known as the Band—Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel—stepped off the stage at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom, never to share one again. Originally, the show was only meant to put an end to the group’s touring days, with…