The Coal Porters. Sid Griffin, www.sidgriffin.com the band’s leader and mandolin player, was a leader in the Paisley Underground of the ‘80s with the Long Ryders, one of the founding fathers of alt-country. Griffin moved to the UK and formed […]
And a tribute of sorts to my recently deceased old friend, Tom Brown By Rod Ames Back in 1972, when I was a young, unworldly man of about twenty, my friend Tom and I went to see Leon Russell and […]
The announcement this week that singer-songwriter Allison Moorer has signed a deal with Ryko Records and will be releasing Crows, her seventh studio album, on February 9, 2010 (almost two years after Mockingbird, her most recent release), was more than […]
I just received my first international sale. Thanks Australia! (via itunes) I’ve always love those down underYou can now purchase Fedrick, not Fred at the following websites: CD Baby, tradebit, cd universe, great indie music, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk (England, buy it […]
There has been a lot of hoopla among Lucero fans such as myself over the new album 1372 Overton Park about Lucero’s use of horns on much of the album. My first impression was that lead singer/songwriter Ben Nichols has […]
Got an email yesterday about a special free six-song sampler from Lost Highway Records, which is available only for the month of November. The EP, titled T for Texas T from Tennessee, features songs by Ryan Bingham, Robert Earl Keen, […]
I wrote this — and meant to post this, back around Halloween 2009. I’d forgotten about it for all this time, until I went to edit my most recent blog post and saw it there. So what the hell, […]
Friday, October 30, 2009 KSFR, Santa Fe, NM Webcasting! 10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time Host: Steve Terrell 101.1 FM email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos (It Was a) Monster’s […]
Though Don Dixon has passed through Columbia, South Carolina several times over the last couple decades, his wife Marti Jones’ last performance here was in 1987, so she was long overdue. In the cozy confines of an on-campus cafe space […]
The Bethany and Rufus Roots Quartet’s newly released EP “Live À Fip” is no longer out of your reach! Though the CD was released on the Daqui Records label only in Europe on October 22nd, it can be purchased online […]
