Rhett Miller stares across the classroom at the 14 sets of eyes staring back and lets his curiosity run free. This was early September, during Miller’s second class of the semester teaching a songwriting course at the New School in New York’s Greenwich Village. The Old 97’s frontman, with nearly …
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Rhett Miller revisits a song he co-wrote nearly 10 years ago, with Turnpike Troubadours singer Evan Felker, to announce his new solo album, A Lifetime of Riding by Night. “Come as You Are,” featuring Felker on harmony vocals, is a lilting ballad about separation from those you love. In Miller …
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On their latest album, American Primitive, the Old 97’s have sandwiched songs about assessing their life choices and serial monogamy with reminders that the world is a doomed and hopeless place and that if you’ve found even a modicum of joy, then that day is a triumph. On the first …
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Rhett Miller finds himself pleasantly surprised by his contentment in “Follow You Home,” the first offering from the Old 97’s frontman’s first solo album in four years. Titled The Misfit, the project will be released via ATO Records on Sept. 16. With shades of Fleetwood Mac and dream-pop, the buoyant …
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