Brimming with Southern charm, Nell Robinson’s new album, On the Brooklyn Road, is rooted deeply in its culture as a bucoulic celebration of family and heritage. Named after the red clay dirt road leading to her family’s rural Alabama farm, this […]
Lynda Kay – Dream My Darling (Dreamphonic, 2010) When we last heard from Lynda Kay, she was paired with Danny Harvey as the Lonesome Spurs, a minimalist duo whose self-titled release favored the sassy sounds of Wanda Jackson, Laurie Collins […]
Alvis Edgar Owens Jr. better known as Buck Owens was born on August 12, 1929. Buck and the Buckaroos had 21 number 1 hits on the country charts over the course of his career in the music business. While bucking […]
1.0 – Was a there a single artist you wanted to be growing up? Yes, a single artist in March 1972 and another single artist in November 1972 and….does everyone answer your very reasonable questions with touchy-artiste evasions and sloppy stabs […]
For three thoughtful souls with the power and resiliency to write and sing awfully sad songs, Missy Higgins, Joy Williams and John Paul White look pretty damn happy. And pretty damn pretty to boot. Their show of emotion gave the […]
Roger McGuinn CCD (independent) Prior to assuming his role as the Byrds’ wingman, Roger (then Jim) McGuinn had firmly established his folk footing. Honing his 12-string skills as a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio, he brought a rootsy sensibility […]
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion Bright Examples Ninth St. NS010 **** AH Atmospheric stories from the New West Coast. It’s remiss of me not to have heard of Sarah Lee Guthrie and husband Johnny Irion, as several of my […]
If you have followed the punk scene to any degree for the past ten years or more, you are undoubtedly familiar with the name Chuck Ragan. If not, I would wager you have at least heard mention of the long-standing […]
Pistol Annies – Hell on Heels (Columbia Nashville, 2011) With Miranda Lambert having developed a reputation as “a bit of a rocker chick,” her new trio with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley provides an opportunity to indulge more of her […]
In June, Nick 13, the front man for the psychobilly band, Tiger Army, released his self-titled solo album on Sugar Hill Records. The aptly self-titled album blends country, hillbilly, and Americana perfectly mirroring Nick and his respect for the genres […]
