Son Volt take a hard look at the state of the world on their latest album, Union, which came out in March. But nowhere are the themes of confronting division and polarity more apparent than in "The 99 ...

For Jay Farrar, frontman of rock band Son Volt, music was always an integral part of his family life. His mother and father went out of their way to teach him and his brothers how to play instruments ...

Jay Farrar has had a career that follows the dusty winding path of American indie roots music to its tributaries in Uncle Tupelo. But on his outfit Son Volt's latest release American Central Dust ...

Over the past two albums, Jay Farrar has never been so direct as a songwriter. Not that Son Volt's singer-songwriter has ever been inscrutable, but the material he crafted for 2019's "Union" and the ...

I don’t know about you but Thanksgiving this year comes at a time when it seems like there’s little to be thankful about. From the grapes of wrath growing around, it’s pretty obvious a whole lot of us ...