Music Feature

Jazz mandolinist Jamie Masefield doesn’t answer to legends or convention.

Why Placebo doesn’t think it’s a glam band.

Running through the brambles of South by Southwest ’99.

Epic keeps raiding Stevie Ray Vaughan’s vault, but when is enough enough?

Pompadoured Dale Watson pays tribute to his family and other lords of the highway.

Sleater-Kinney’s punk howls and pop purrs have captured the indie world.