Spring is supposed to be a time of renewal, so what, thinks I, could be better that a trip to a record fair to pick up some vinyl that could use a new life? The venue was in Reading, a […]
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I knew it was over when Britain’s largest supermarket chain, Tesco, announced that they would begin selling vinyl in their stores. Not raincoats or reclining chairs or shiny boots or garden hoses, but actual record albums. What has been a […]
Driving around Austin, Texas, today, I was suddenly struck by an epic wave of nostalgia. I was transported to the Portland, Oregon, of my youth … staring out a second story window, watching rain drizzle onto dark, wet concrete through […]
When taking considerations for the best album releases of 2015, this year it came down to vinyl. From Pledge, Kickstarter, local record shops, Nashville road trips, or by mail as far away as Europe and Australia new releases on a vinyl record […]
“Stark” doesn’t even begin to describe the singing of Appalachian balladeer Dillard Chandler. “Otherworldly” might be a better descriptor. His singing sounds outside of our modern reality, so deeply rooted in the past that it’s almost exotic. Folk revival icon […]
Why vinyl? I’ve been reading a lot of think pieces from various indie music news outlets recently and everyone’s bemoaning the difficulties of vinyl. Some folks say that vinyl doesn’t sound better than digital CDs, while other folks relate the […]
I’m in the process of reviewing an album with 18 tracks on it. So what, I hear you ask; that’s value for money, right? Maybe, maybe not. I know that when I looked at the PR and saw the listing […]
It is not her best-selling album, nor is it her most popular. “New Harvest … First Gathering,” however, holds great significance in Dolly Parton’s magical, musical journey. While the collection houses 2 immediately recognizeable tracks (Light of a Clear Blue Morning & Applejack,) the great achievement of this 1977 solo […]
If there’s one singer/songwriter out there who has paid his dues several times over, it is highway poet and American troubadour David Dondero. In evidence of this, David has released an all-new full-length album titled “This Guitar.” A career-defining piece […]
If there’s one singer/songwriter out there who has paid his dues several times over, it is highway poet and American troubadour David Dondero. In evidence of this, David has released an all-new full-length album titled “This Guitar.” A career-defining piece […]
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