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Q&A: Jay Farrar on Kerouac, 'Big Sur' Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar has been reading Jack Kerouac since he was a teenager.

Recently Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard and Son Volt lead singer Jay Farrar contributed to the soundtrack for One Fast Move or I'm Gone , a tribute documentary to American beat writer Jack Kerouac .

Alt-country/folk rock group Son Volt made their way back home to St. Louis November 6. Metromix was at the show.

Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar proved with the group's previous CD, "The Search," that he was capable of stretching beyond the kind of electric-guitar-driven, country-tinged rock that has been his signature sound ever since he co-fronted the Belleville, Ill.-based groundbreaking band Uncle Tupelo with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy in the late 1980s and early ...

Ben Gibbard played with Jay Farrar at Webster Hall with John Roderick opening. "Along with all 12 songs from the album, Farrar and Gibbard each sang a song from a different project, before finishing with a pair of covers.

How's this for a great concept: The words of legendary Beat poet Jack Kerouac set to song by a pining indie-pop prince and an alt-Americana forefather.

Yacht at 740 Club YACHT's new album, See Mystery Lights , is the oft-hilariously brilliant brainchild of Jona Bechtolt , formerly half of the Blow.

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The pair wrote 12 songs for the CD, "One Fast Move And I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur," which will be released Oct.

Son Volt and founder Jay Farrar found it tough it capitalize on the praise heaped on their mid-'90s debut disc, "Trace." The alt-country band went on a long hiatus starting in 1999, and a planned 2004 reunion fizzled.

Son Volt played "American Central Dust'' almost in its entirety Tuesday at the Paradise.

The latest incarnation of Son Volt sees founder Jay Farrar joined by a top-shelf crew of players, including pedal-steel player Mark Spencer and drummer Dave Bryson, with material from the band's seventh album of forlorn country-rock, "American Central Dust." 7 p.m., Majestic Theatre, 4140 Woodward, Detroit.

Jay Farrar, one of the alt-country's founding fathers, owns this home. Farrar, along with current Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, formed seminal act Uncle Tupelo in the 1980's. After Uncle Tupelo split up in 1994, Farrar founded another alt-country group, Son Volt.

Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar proved with his band's previous CD, "The Search," that it was capable of stretching beyond the kind of guitar-driven, country-tinged rock that has been his signature sound ever since he co-fronted the groundbreaking band Uncle Tupelo in the late 1980s and early '90s. That CD successfully found Son Volt injecting its ...

10 in Nashville. Since last check, 16 appearances have been added to the 28-city schedule, including stops in Philadelphia , Albany and Detroit , followed by a month-long break.

It's Sun Volt meets Death Cab For Cutie meets Kerouac for an upcoming musical project.

Death Cab For Cutie lead singer Ben Gibbard performs at the Pemberton Festival in Pemberton, B.C., in July 2008.

Jack Kerouac's writing holds an integral spot on many a musician's required reading list.

From the moment Jay Farrar stepped back from the wreckage of the genre-defining alt-country troupe Uncle Tupelo to form the more streamlined Son Volt in 1995, a sound was set.