The first time I spoke to Lindi Ortega, she was calling from her kitchen, having just finished washing some dishes. She was ready to talk about why she named her then-new release Little Red Boots. “I went to Nashville on […]
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Richard Thompson, one of British folk’s national treasures, has recently released an album titled ELECTRIC which has been so well received that many are saying that it is his best one for years! Taking it out on the road, accompanied […]
“I’m going to be playing the guitar tonight,” announced Michael Chapman to a rightly packed West Hill Hall yesterday. “I’ve just been touring with Thurston Moore and we’ve been torturing the things…” He is a man of several parts and the improv […]
Right now folk music is hot. One need only to turn on the radio or the television to hear modern folk rockers like The Lumineers or Britain’s chart conquering Mumford & Sons for proof. But between all the bombastic sing […]
Stirring set of Memphis pop-soul singles in glorious mono Fans of the Box Tops’ Memphis-tinged radio pop, whether period AM listeners or working their way backwards from Big Star or Alex Chilton’s solo work, will find something interesting here. The […]
Well-known A-sides and worthy B’s from 1956-63 Recent collections of singles from Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Ray Charles and others have shed new light on much-loved performers. In addition to well-known hits, these anthologies highlight the valiant misses and B-sides […]
A pensive set from a legendary singer-songwriter It’s been nine years since Chris Stamey’s last solo album, Travels in the South. In the interim he’s worked with Yo La Tengo on A Question of Temperature., re-teamed with fellow dB Peter […]
I was but a wee lad back when Canned Heat came on the scene and freaked me out with their jug blues/boogie and I continue to go back to the orignal line up with Alan “Blind Owl” Christie Wilson, Bob […]
The world of Bob Dylan bootlegs is a deep and mysterious one. I’ve dabbled on the edges and have a shelf of CDs to show for it, but I’d never claim to be an expert. (Talk about setting yourself up for a […]
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