In 1991, Nirvana made the world go round. Almost 11 years later, Mr. Gnome is about to do it again.

There’s a new musical genre called new-grass. It’s like bluegrass but newer. If you haven’t heard it, you’re about to. Let’s begin at the beginning or maybe just a little before.

Zack de la Rocha has always been a spitfire and his counter-cultural, geo-political band Rage Against the Machine certainly seemed to fit his emphatic speak-singing style.