The traditional blue drop-off box at your local post office may soon be changing. Earlier this year, the U.S. Postal Service announced it was installing 10,000 new high-security blue collection ...

**** Son Volt, Trace (Warner); **** Blue Mountain, Dog Days (RoadRunner): Son Volt and Blue Mountain are on tour together, and two bands could hardly be better matched – unless, of course ...

Son Volt fans might find the title of the band’s new release, Notes of Blue, an unsurprising choice. A blue mood or a sad vibe is expected when you press play on one of the band’s offerings.

Son Volt's most recent studio album came in 2013 (Honky Tonk), though a 20th anniversary edition of Trace was released in October of 2015. At that time, Farrar told The Boot that he'd "written 10 ...

How the Blues Shaped Son Volt’s Electrified ‘Notes of Blue’ Foundational alt-country band led by Jay Farrar looks to Skip James and Mississippi Fred McDowell on eighth full-length By Will Hodge ...

But after a four-year hiatus Farrar is back with a new incarnation of Son Volt and an exciting new batch of songs. “Notes of Blue” (Thirty Tigers) digs deep into the Mississippi blues of Skip ...