Jay Farrar News

 
Colorado Springs Independent
Go forth and pollinate
Colorado Springs Independent
by Chris Parker Thanks in large part to Jay Farrar, countless bearded guys with guitars roam the planet. It must to be strange being trailed by a shadow stretching back almost 20 years. Hell, it's weird to even bring up Uncle Tupelo to Jay Farrar, ...


 
Colorado Springs Independent
MeadowGrass it up
Colorado Springs Independent
In addition to Jay Farrar's celebrated Americana outfit, another main draw is Sunday night headliner Chubby Carrier & the Bayou Swamp Band. Louisiana's Grammy-winning Zydeco accordionist is no stranger to MeadowGrass fans, having blown away everyone ...


 
Nine Pound Gun blasts out debut
Journal and Courier
SATURDAY: When you go to the same high school as Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Jay Farrar of Son Volt, you are bound to play some guitar-driven roots rock at some point in your musical career. Belleville, Ill., natives Bob Lovvorn and Jeremy Phillips cut ...


 
My Morning Jacket's Jim James on Debut Solo Album: 'It's Done'
SPIN
In 2010, James put out a spartan, sorrowful EP in tribute to the late George Harrison, Tribute To, under his Yim Yames alias, and just this last month he joined former Uncle Tupelo member Jay Farrar and others for a four-song collaborative release with ...

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"Storm and Grace" best thing from Presley since "Suspicious Minds"
The Republic
... hopeful tone (see "Forgiving"), but "Storm & Grace" has decidedly more storm than grace, which makes it a pretty good late-night album in the lonesome tradition of, say, Sinatra's "Only the Lonely," or just about anything Jay Farrar ever wrote.

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Big names, standout performances delight Beale Street Music Festival crowd
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The group, led by Uncle Tupelo founder Jay Farrar, formed in 1994, and has been an on-again, off-again proposition since the early 2000s. Farrar's current backing lineup, which includes longtime drummer Dave Bryson and bassist Andrew Duplantis, ...

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Ex-Im Bank Approves Nearly $3 Billion in Export Financing For US Goods and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Bechtel official Jay C. Farrar, who manages the company's office in Washington, DC, cited the importance of Ex-Im's financing for US exporters to large international projects. "Since 1992, Ex-Im Bank has been instrumental in the successful awarding and ...

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