Austin Texas based Uncle Lucius released And You Are Me last August. The talented quintet plays a bluesy mash of soul-filled rock ‘n’ roll, familiar in its retro roots, yet fresh in its delivery. The band’s third disc is a […]
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What a week its been, first Richie Havens, then George Jones and now Bob Brozman. Bob was a New York Jew steeped in the Blues so full of life and music, well loved where ever he took that music and […]
With their new release God, Sin, Whiskey, and Women, Iowa City’s Tallgrass crafts a refreshing twist on some familiar musical territory. It is a soundtrack of leather saddlebags, a sun-faded cattleman’s duster and barbwire slowly taming a wild prairie. […]
The Day George Jones Died My phone wasn’t working The day George Jones died Suddenly, Everything became insignificant The Twiiter feed Had stories of people Who wanted you to know They knew him personally I cried real tears The day […]
Born and raised in Texas, Jones was one of the finest singers to ever touch a country song. A definitive force as to what a Texas country singer should sound like, he started playing guitar when he was just a […]
About 10 years ago, I was trapped on a train in Wyoming for fours hours in the middle of the night. I was on a cross-country trip to discover an “off-the-interstate” version of America. We were stuck on the side […]
It was the blues, laden as it is with guitars and angst, that initially drew me to roots music. 2013 has seen a bumper crop of solid blues recordings, including these three highlights. “Out of My Mind” by Cassie Taylor […]
It’s been a turbulent few years for The Wynntown Marshals with arrivals and departures (including guitarist Iain Barbour and drummer Keith Jones) that might have derailed lesser bands. However they’ve ploughed on with their other guitar wizard Iain Sloan picking […]
When Carla Olson was a young girl growing up in Austin, Texas her musical role models were Mary Travers and Jackie DeShannon. It’s not hard to imagine why. With her rich vocal talent, long blond-hair and the music of the golden […]
A friend once turned to me after a set at Merlefest and said “Ooh, I had a Merlefest Moment.” And I said, “Oh wow, you have those too?” It put a name on something that had been happening to me […]
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