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 ...

If my personal growth was charted by albums and not the dated pencil marks on the back of a kitchen door, Son Volt’s Trace would’ve easily represented my biggest growth spurt after Marlo Thomas and ...