This live recording of Ernest Tubb captures the country music legend well past his commercial peak of the 1950s, but still completely in charge of his distinctive voice. A year later he would be diagnosed with emphysema, a disease that […]
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It was billed as a “Songwriter’s Night”, not “Lilith Fair, Jr.”, but one wouldn’t know it from the heavy turnout of the female gender on this particular evening. One reason for the hormonally imbalanced crowd could have been the presence […]
This evening was a homecoming of sorts for “Whisperin’” Bill Anderson, who grew up in nearby Columbia, South Carolina. A regular on the Grand Ole Opry since his debut in 1961, Anderson brought the Opry to the Opera on this […]
Sometimes traditions were meant to be broken. The Cigar Store Indians found this out by way of a happy accident that ended up having a lot to do with what they became. Formed seven years ago by singer/guitarist Ben Friedman, […]
If you’re the kind of person who’s tempted to buy an album based on a quick read of the liner notes, be forewarned. Lloyd Maines (Joe Ely, Richard Buckner, Wayne Hancock) handles the production here, on a rerelease of this […]
The Steam Donkeys are either psychic or just plain lucky. The Buffalo, New York. band called their first CD, released in 1994, Cosmic Americana, not realizing that soon afterward there would be a new radio format recognized by the trade […]
The Brewery is the perfect setting for this, the third year of a “Southern Plunge Into Trailer Trash Leisure & Entertainment,” with the required amount of dark interior spaces, cramped stage and odd characters such as the weekend’s quasi-host, pro […]
Danielle Howle is that most unique and elusive of musical performers, one who refuses to be bound by convention or genre, choosing instead to exorcise her musical demons in whatever form they elect to emerge. She has released solo acoustic […]
The Del McCoury Band is often cited as a shining example of all that’s right in the world of bluegrass today, and after this long, late-afternoon show, it’s easy to understand why. The venue, Bill’s Music Shop, is hallowed ground […]
Notice, first of all, that the title of this disc doesn’t say the “Songs” of Gene Autry — and that’s significant, because Autry didn’t write all of these, though they’re all elements of his vast cowboy music repertoire. These are […]
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