You might not recognize him by name, but if you’re a Dwight Yoakam fan, you know him by his twang. From ’86- ’93, Anderson was Yoakam’s partner in the studio and onstage. Anderson is that George Michael lookalike, mirrored-sunglasses sportin’, […]
“Jesus came walkin’ across the water/I came stumblin’ into the bar /Jesus was there and he poured me a tall one/ Then I gave Jesus the keys to my car,” Blood Washed Band frontman Page Burkum confesses on “Pour Me […]
There’s never been another voice in rock like his. Roy Orbison sang like an operatic angel with a rock and roll heart. His songs were mesmerizing, literally stopping you in your tracks or making you nearly run off the road […]
Ruthie Foster can’t contain herself. Music just gushes out of her like oil from an uncapped well. As soon as she got on stage at Greensboro’s Carolina Theater while trying to introduce her first song, little musical “yeah yeah yeah’s” […]
Lately Mike Zito has gotten a lot of attention from his work as co-founder of Royal Southern Brotherhood with Devon Allman and Cyril Neville. But long before that, Zito had been doing some impressive work as a solo artist. On […]
Although alligator hunter Troy Landry may lay claim to the title of King of the Swamp on his History channel reality show Swamp People, the real king of the swamp has always been Tony Joe White. Dubbing his Fuzz boxed […]
He’s Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison sewn into the same skin with an Irish soul. If you can listen to his lover’s prayer,“Shed A Little Light” without getting a lump in your throat of a hitch in your getalong, you […]
Boston’s Barrence Whitfield doesn’t just sing R&B, he assaults it. Whitfield and his band of Savages wage a full-on frontal attack as frightening as it is entertaining, exuding gritty soul wrapped in a garage punk package that packs a wallop. […]
For the second installment of Mavis Staples’ Tweedyville sessions on Anti records, the 74 year old gospel funkatrix sounds a bit more subdued than she did on the initial 2010 Jeff Tweedy-produced outing, You Are Not Alone. On that first […]
Although she’s from Cajun country and often performs with Bonsoir Catin, The Lafayette Rhythm Devils, and Balfa Toujours, on this outing Yvette Landry is more Kitty Wells than Christine Balfa. With the exception of the funky Zydceo offering “Yeah, You […]
