Poor old Bruce. Every 40 years or so he tries to do a bit of housekeeping, then gets dumped on for sharing the bits and pieces he’s swept up, no matter how well tidied them up or rearranged they are. Springsteen’s […]
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He’s Tex-Mex royalty with a pedigree that includes being permanently banned from Saturday Night Live, an honor previously reserved for Captain Beefheart and Miles Davis. He’s done five part harmonizing with Michael Jackson when the King of Pop guested on […]
Normally a band’s album should speak for itself. But if this video of the Show Ponies performing the duet “Whiskey and Wine” doesn’t win you over, you’re dead to humanity. Most of the songs are a little slower, a little […]
On a recent Saturday night California band The Mother Hips finished off a two-night stand at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas with a sold out show. Review and photos by Neil Ferguson. For nearly twenty-five years The Mother Hips […]
The argument is often put forth – and not wholly without merit – that modern commercial country and western is an extension of rock music. The thinking goes that today’s c&w superstars craft songs that have much in common musically […]
This weeks Health & Happiness Show previews this years winter party in Glasgow Celtic Connections Festival, featuring many of the American Roots acts appearing and looking forward particularly to 2 shows with the O’s (1 of which I’ll be recording for […]
Leo Welch – Sabougla Voices (Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum) Blues is for Saturday nights, gospel is for Sunday mornings, and you should never mix the two. That’s the conventional wisdom surrounding two of American music’s most venerable genres. Leo “Bud” Welch […]
Before diving into the 2014 new releases, some particularly expected, it’s worth take a look back at 2013 just for the fact it actually was an extraordinary prolific year in terms of twang oriented music. Not being an easy task […]
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