Shadwick Wilde – Unforgivable Things (Self Released, 2010) Shadwick Wilde is a guitarist for the driving, electric punk rock bands Brassknuckle Boys and Iron Cross, but on this solo debut he’s relaxed the jackhammer tempos to more thoughtful folk strumming, […]
Reno & Smiley – Bluegrass 1963 (Rural Rhythm, 2010) These eighteen live performances are drawn from Reno & Smiley’s program, Top o’ the Morning, which aired daily on Roanoke, Virginia’s WDBJ-TV. Recorded in 1963, only a year before Red Smiley’s […]
Pancho Ballard and the Banditos – Five Songs for Oscar (Self Released, 2010) If Nick Lowe had felt despondent after the dissolution of Brinsley Schwarz, and while drowning his sorrows in a Mexican town had stumbled into a studio, the […]
Will Kimbrough teamed up with Tommy Womack, and invited John Deaderick, Dave Jacques and Paul Griffith in 2005 to recreate their five piece band Daddy. They recorded a live album in Frankfort, Kentucky Daddy at the Women’s Club. They then […]
NOTE: This contest is now closed. Congratulations to our winners: Bill Intense, Gina Thurston, and Stina! Stay tuned into our contests page for more info about ongoing contests. Whether you love it or hate it, Shooter Jennings’ new album Black […]
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 Mitch Jacobs welcomes LL Cooper and Lee Alexander LL Cooper – LL Cooper possesses the kind of voice that sticks with you; it’s deep, dark, with a touch of sly sarcasm. Cooper had been based in […]
While attending the Americana Music Conference in Nashville last September I was lucky enough to go to some great shows. John Fogerty , Charlie Robison, Radney Foster, The Bottle Rockets, Angela Easterling….all great. But the show that stuck with me […]
Beck, M. Ward, Elvis Costello, the Band’s Robbie Robertson, and Lucinda Williams all recorded new songs for the soundtrack to the second season of HBO’s True Blood. The Stone Temple Pilots contributed an unreleased oldie, and the album also features […]
I’ve spent much of the last year trying to figure out and break down what’s gone wrong with the mainstream music industry. I recently wrote this article on the subject. I’d be very interested to get any and all feedback. […]
Without question Elizabeth Cook is one of the smartest musicians I’ve interviewed over the last 30 years.* Cook’s fifth album, Welder, came out last week, produced by Don Was. I do not wish to play the critic’s game — I […]
