Various Artists – The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams (Columbia, 2011) Fifty-eight years after his death, rare Hank Williams material continues to surprise and delight his fans. Last year’s official release of the Mother’s Best radio transcriptions [1 2], and […]
The Shants – Beautiful Was the Night (Self-Released, 2011) This Oakland, California quartet first turned up two years ago with the rustic, down-tempo Russian River Songs, a short collection that brought to mind the minimalism and melancholy of Richard Buckner’s […]
Don’t laugh at Harry Belafonte, the incomparable American/world roots folk musician and popularizer, for being caught on tv asleep or meditating last week. Laugh with him during his appearance with Steven Colbert which he amazingly turns into a genuinely musical and touching duet on “Jamaican Sunrise.” Even […]
Ryan Adams Ashes & Fire (Capitol) Even a year without a new Ryan Adams seems an eternity, especially when measured by a prolific prowess that found him sometimes releasing multiple albums within the same year. Indeed, since the disbandment […]
Various Artists – “CLOSE KIN” Mountain Roads Recordings Released: November 2011 Starting this review has been very intimidating…… and this writer is usually not at a loss for words, but, this time….. Here we go! The official title is: “CLOSE […]
…”10 year band member Becky Buller, makes a career change for next season. She seeks more opportunities to write, studio record and play other music. I have for the past 2 years been training an artist and only pray that […]
Frank Turner is one of the people. Not content to be “one of five English guys with matching white shirts and bad teeth” entertaining the masses from the safety of the stage, he is a musician who tears down barriers […]
There was a ‘Support Local Music’ button image going around on facebook. “Calling all musicians and bands”. I pointed out that if they wanted SUPPORT they should have mentioned the AUDIENCE, not just themselves. Plenty of inbreeding in the performance […]
Just wanted to let the ND community know that I’m about to give away a bunch of CDs on my blog– my husband and I cleaned out our music collection to get rid of ‘doubles’– and the first one up […]
Dolly Parton Live at Hard Rock Live Hollywood, Florida, October 18, 2011 Call her what you will – a showbiz chanteuse, a down home diva, or simply the epitome of American superstardom – Dolly Parton is a brilliant entertainer, as […]
