Jay Farrar

Ben Gibbard Won't See 'New Moon' This Weekend 11/19/2009

How Gibbard and Farrar Turned Kerouac Folk on “One Fast Move or I’m Gone” Soundtrack 11/16/2009

Ben Gibbard, Jay Farrar Perform Kerouac Music 10/26/2009

Ben Gibbard Reenacted Jack Kerouac's Big Sur Retreat 10/13/2009

LISTEN: Death Cab, Son Volt Singers' Kerouac-Inspired Song 09/23/2009

One of the founding fathers of the 1990s alt-country movement, Jay Farrar was a founding member of two of the genre's key bands, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, though his solo career has made it plain that his musical ambitions stretch far beyond the retro-leaning twang of many of his contemporaries. Farrar was born and raised in Belleville, IL, a small town not far from the Illinois/Missouri border. ...more