A husband in Europe on business, the children off to school and another long day ahead. She stares blankly out the window bathed in morning sunlight, a glass of white wine in her hand; a vague sense of disappointment pervades. […]
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In the pantheon of soul singers, Candi Staton gets in line behind Aretha Franklin, just like everyone else. But not too far behind. This self-titled, 26-track overview of her earliest solo recordings — cut at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, […]
What do you get when modern texturalists Wayne Horvitz (a keyboardist whose credits include backing free jazz saxist John Zorn and leading Meters-inspired funksters Zony Mash) and Tucker Martine (a rising producer and engineer of innovative means) invite a diverse […]
Sure, the Dollar Store is well-stocked from the country store pedal steel here, fiddle there but this is just good revved-up guitar rock with a twang. Singer-guitarist-songwriter Dean Schla-bowske is a founding Waco Brother; sometime Wacos Alan Doughty on bass […]
Typically, when a band is described as Stonesy, it means theres a certain swagger to the outfits sound and plenty of wiry guitar raunch. However, Asheville, North Carolina, quartet the Choosy Beggars offer a different angle on the Stonesy tag. […]
As bluegrass music has gained popularity in recent years, a couple of trends have emerged. One is to smooth out many of the rough edges and downplay the country aspects of the music, which results in a bunch of bands […]
“Do I look like a loser?” Bob Neuwirth introduces himself amid a fanfare of trumpets (literally) in the opening bars of his 1974 solo debut. A loser, no — but not exactly a winner either, this Sasquatch-sized footnote to American […]
If hippie Northern California country-rock is your thing, it doesn’t come any fresher than this. The New Riders’ 1971 debut, a gem, is now re-mastered with three bonus tracks and eight pages of liner notes to fill in all those […]
If the Flatlanders were “more a legend than a band,” Rock City might rightly be described as more a rumor than a legend. Until now, Rock City has been vaguely mentioned as one of the aliases employed by nascent configurations […]
It’s late ’89 or early ’90. I arrive at the Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 45 minutes before the start of a twin bill featuring Philly’s Flight Of Mavis opening for Austin’s the Reivers to find the club […]
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