Last night, Andrew Bird stopped by the eerily silent, hurricane-stricken studio at the Late Show With David Letterman, bringing Tift Merritt, his peer in singer-songwriterdom, with him. Bird played…   Read Story »

Townes Van Zandt's almighty ballad "If I Needed You" is one of those near-perfect songs that it's just about impossible to effectively cover, even if that hasn't stopped every subway-platform…   Read Story »