Over the last decade or so, this has been our most utilized walk-on song. It’s just such a riff, and it builds in a really subtle way. Also, it’s not so short that we don’t run out of music waiting ...

Last night on Twitter, Stephen King spilled some news. He told his 7 million followers: “The Old 97s have a record coming in March–AMERICAN PRIMITIVE. It’s terrific.” To which frontman Rhett Miller ...

Bassist-singer Murry Hammond's second album, Trail Songs of the Deep, is out July 11 on the Portland, Ore., label Fluff & Gravy. TOM GOLD / Tom Gold Rhett Miller may be the Old 97’s’ front man, but ...

Old 97’s released their debut album, Hitchhike to Rhome, thirty years ago. Since then, the band’s lives have changed a lot—back in 1994, they were young hell-raisers in their early twenties, tearing ...

Rhett Miller has been the singer and main songwriter for the Texas pop/rock band Old 97’s since the group formed in 1992. He’s also had a steady solo career. The band has released over 20 albums ...

Rhett Miller stares across the classroom at the 14 sets of eyes staring back and lets his curiosity run free. This was early September, during Miller’s second class of the semester teaching a ...

St. Vincent arrives at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Barclays Center in New York. Evan Agostini / Evan Agostini/Invision/AP The Old 97′s and St. Vincent — ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio—If Rhett Miller ever needed an honorary hometown, he’s already got one. The Old 97’s frontman—known for his whip-smart wordplay, self-effacing humor and indefatigable stage ...

On their latest album, American Primitive, the Old 97’s have sandwiched songs about assessing their life choices and serial monogamy with reminders that the world is a doomed and hopeless place and ...