mother hips Archive
06 Jun 2022
Cold Mountain Music Festival Returns
An edited version of this feature appeared in Mountain Xpress ahead of the festival which took place last weekend, June 4. Unplugged Nature is a Feature, Not a Bug The Covid-19 has taken the lives of nearly a million Americans. And two-plus years of a pandemic have exacted a toll even upon those who survive.
04 Aug 2021
Thirty Years with the Mother Hips (Part Three)
Continued from Part Two … “We started in Wisconsin and ended near San Francisco at the Shoreline Amphitheater,” Tim Bluhm recalls. “And by that time, we were headlining the side stage. It was a big moment for us: a lot of people say that’s the first time they saw us.” In 2007, around the time
03 Aug 2021
Thirty Years with the Mother Hips (Part Two)
Continued from Part One … Tim Bluhm concedes that the Mother Hips fan base isn’t as large as the following of some other groups, but he believes that their followers’ loyalty more than makes up for their numbers. “They’re very dedicated to what we do,” he says. But that doesn’t mean that they accept everything
02 Aug 2021
Thirty Years with the Mother Hips (Part One)
Popular West Coast Band reissues its entire studio catalog, on vinyl for the first time Some artists have made a successful career out of establishing a signature sound and then sticking with it over the course of their entire catalog. Other artists take a potentially riskier approach, following their muse wherever it takes them. The