An impressive debut album from Scotland’s own Sandra MacBeth, ‘Conjugal Scene’ is accomplished and ambitious. Accomplished because Sandra and her bandmates play with an assurance that springs from knowing exactly what they’;re about. Ambitious because she and her producer, Felix […]
In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, I wanted to share some Chris Stuart with you. In 2003, Californian Chris Stuart & Backcountry released a nice Americana/bluegrass album called Saints & Strangers. I played it on […]
Apologies if you’ve already seen it, but you gotta see it.
Indie pop, remenisent of Counting Crows, channeling The Ramones while performing a zydeco gig… Alright, that’s a little confusing but Baltimore based Milkshake is an unabashedly hard to define band. Changing genres a much as lead singer Lisa Mathews changes […]
Just a quick news item here. The folks at Big Hassle have announced a release date for Patty Griffin’s upcoming gospel disc, Downtown Church, which includes collaborations with Buddy and Julie Miller, Emmylou Harris, Raul Malo, Jim Lauderdale, Shawn Colvin, […]
Sugar Hill Records 50-track Anthology for $20: http://tinyurl.com/y9npyej Lucero June 2009 Sbd: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=277722 Pretty promising Jeff Bridges movie trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/crazyheart/ Free 6-song “T For Texas” sampler from Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/yl87azr Neil Young sings Fresh Prince theme (video): http://tinyurl.com/ygjcjm3
Every year, Neil and Pegi Young host the non-profit Bridge School Concert, benefiting the unique learning complex which assists children with severe physical impairments and challenging communication needs. The first was held in 1986, and the event is known as […]
Bluegrass has often been described as music for common people. You will usually see a bluegrass band hovering around a central microphone, with no electric instruments in sight. The songs are highly narrative, with the traditional themes of home, family, […]
By Leonard Cohen DVD directed by Murray Lerner Review by Douglas Heselgrave After five days of sleeping outdoors in the wind, cold and rain with little to eat, the crowd of 600,000 people who gathered at the 1970 Isle of […]
I see so many “Top (insert number here)” lists. I see “Top 100” lists; I see “Top 25” lists, and so on. You get the picture. I wish I had the time and the brain to do that many; but […]
