According to the BBC, Reed himself called the Canadian band's 1988 version "the best and most authentic version I have ever heard." By William Goodman It’s no secret: Lou Reed, the inimitable Velvet ...

Canadian band Cowboy Junkies might very well be best known for their hypnotizing 1988 cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Sweet Jane,” at least in the States. That the band touches upon the occasional ...

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Cowboy Junkies lead singer Margo Timmins smiles as she greets the crowd at Sunday’s Denver Botanic Gardens show. Photos by Candace Horgan. Two decades have passed since Canada’s Cowboy Junkies ...

These Canadian alt-country vets put into practice one of that scene’s most worthwhile suppositions: that there’s fertile creative territory to be tilled by mating vintage country’s twang with more ...

The Cowboy Junkies, the Canadian quartet known for its mournful country/blues and Margo Timmins’ distinctive vocals, will play Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House on Feb. 27. Tickets for the first Junkies ...

Time has not diluted the Cowboy Junkies’ dreamy mix of tempestuous torch songs and soup-for-the-soul soundscapes, but it has given it a naturally more seasoned feel and bittersweet bite that fans (and ...

The Cowboy Junkies first came to fame with 1987’s “The Trinity Session,” a strikingly lo-fi effort recorded through a single microphone at Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity. That hushed affair, ...

When Cowboy Junkies perform at the Attucks Theatre on Friday evening, the lineup will be precisely the same as it was when the band was founded in 1985 in Toronto: Margo Timmons on vocals, Michael ...

Toronto-born alt-country group Cowboy Junkies is coming to St. Paul. The group was recently on a 40 th anniversary tour, celebrating their formation in 1985, which was promptly followed by the '86 ...

The Cowboy Junkies are one of the most consistently entertaining bands of the last 30 years. Yes, the Toronto-reared act remains best known for its breakthrough effort – 1988’s hushed masterpiece, ...

Thirty years after their breakthrough, The Trinity Session, the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies is back with a new album called All That Reckoning. These songs resonate with the tenor of the times as ...