Tony Ware

Since the release of their first album in 1999, Jack and Meg White have established a potent image as the White Stripes: a musical directive embellished with few trimmings but well versed in several styles. Exhibiting ever more recombinant blues, country, folk, and garage rock, the Stripes' albums have gotten increasingly ambitious while remaining accessible -- a trait reflected in swelling sales figures and crowd sizes -- yet the Stripes' performances have remained unwaveringly primitive.Read More