At first blush, this seems a bit presumptuous: An artist compiling a tribute album to himself? That appears to be the case with Wounded Knee, which collects Tom Russell songs rendered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Dave Van Ronk, […]
At first blush, this seems a bit presumptuous: An artist compiling a tribute album to himself? That appears to be the case with Wounded Knee, which collects Tom Russell songs rendered by the likes of Johnny Cash, Dave Van Ronk, […]
Living in El Paso has given Tom Russell a close-up view of the debate over controlling U.S. borders. Like a modern Woody Guthrie, Russell’s response is “The Immigrant Suite”, three songs with contrasting viewpoints on the issue. The rollicking title […]
The title is fitting, as Willie Big Eyes Smiths career covers more than half a century, including stints playing harmonica with Bo Diddley and drumming for Muddy Waters. Smith makes a smooth transition from sideman to frontman on Way Back, […]
An early review of Ting complimented the funky rock band assembled by Seth Kauffman. Nothing against Kauffman, a founding member of the soul-rocking Choosey Beggars, but the recruiting was easy. He is the band here, playing everything from guitars, organ […]
“Pray your passion ain’t used up and gone,” Tom Russell declares in the opening minutes of Love & Fear. On his first album of all original songs since 2001’s Borderland, Russell demonstrates an undiminished passion for his art with penetrating […]
In the 1950s, Red Foley and his Ozark Jubilee put Springfield, Missouri, on the country music map; since then producer, bassist and rock ‘n’ roll raconteur Lou Whitney has served as the area’s chief musical cartographer. Over the years, the […]
Over eighteen albums, balladeer Tom Russell has written lasting songs that have been recorded by everyone from Johnny Cash to Doug Sahm, and sung them in a smooth, cleanly enunciated baritone that make even his collections of songs by others […]
The first time I saw Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown play live some years back, I was amused to see him puffing away on the same kind of pipe as my dad. The joke got even better when I went back to […]
Tom Russell has long felt a kinship with the American West, examining its people, land and history. On Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs, his third album in the cowboy/western genre, he explores that tradition and adds to it with a well-executed […]
This talented 24-year-old newcomer arrives on the scene with a discload of catchy, energetic self-penned tunes that show both a strong knowledge of hard, traditional Texas balladry and an accomplished ease in delivering them, learned as he’s taken his band […]
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