News Bits
- Old Crow Medicine Show – New Album & Tour Dates Announced… Its about time boys!!!
- Woody Guthrie Centenial Commemorated with Smithsonain Folkways Release – Book, Poster, 3CD set, Shirt, 6 Never Before Heard Original Songs
- Audio Fidelity Showers April with Phil Collins Gold, Ten Years After Vinyl, and a Genesis Rarity for “Record Store Day”
- Levon Helm 1940 – 2012
- Bob Dylan’s “Blood on the Tracks” Gets Film Adaptation
- American Cadence Records Set to Release Charlie Abbott’s “Brand New Weather”
- Charleston Trio Heyrocco Prepares for Album Debut, COMFORT
- T-Bone Burnett Produces New Lisa Marie Presley Album, Due Out May 15
- James Taylor’s Mud Slide Slim and The Blue Horizon, Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions ‘Go Gold’ Again in New Audio Fidelity Reissues
- Natalie Merchant’s Acclaimed Final Album with 10,000 Maniacs Gets Special Vinyl Treatment
Country Music Pride
- Stagecoach 2012 Review – Miranda, Blake, Aldean, Paisley, Alabama, Band Perry, Steve Martin & 20,000 Jason Aldean Posers.
- Keith Urban Surprised with Invitation to Join Grand Ole Opry
- CMA Fest Is Packed With Country Music’s Brightest Stars-Win Your Way In!
- Carter’s Chord Releases “Love A Little Bigger” Video and an Invitation to Chat with the Group Live April 17, 2012
- THOMPSON SQUARE WINS “VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR” at the 47th Annual ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS
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Old Crow Medicine Show – New Album & Tour Dates Announced… Its about time boys!!!
May 17, 2012 13:05 -
Woody Guthrie Centenial Commemorated with Smithsonain Folkways Release – Book, Poster, 3CD set, Shirt, 6 Never Before Heard Original Songs
May 14, 2012 16:05 -
Deer Tick at the Yost Theater – Cee Lo and McCauley’s Grill’s! A Show Review
May 11, 2012 11:05 -
The Brothers Comatose – “Respect The Van”
May 6, 2012 17:05 -
Alabama Shakes – “Boys & Girls” – (ATO)
May 4, 2012 23:05
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I've never heard of them, thanks for the review Jennifer, Just got them playing -
Ashton Lane:
Colin Hay is a lovely guy, we supported him at a gig in Edinburgh a couple of ye -
Kim:
I hadn't heard of Colin Hay since Men at Work...and I got to see him just recent -
ATF:
You mentioned Imelda May. I saw her here in Atlanta a couple of years ago. She o -
Jennwith2ns:
Thanks for this great review of my Uncle Phil's album. I've heard the demos and
Posts Tagged ‘song’
The New Standard by Which All Other Albums Will Be Judged – Maple Ridge by Swear and Shake
I’d heard a few sneak peek tracks of Maple Ridge and knew that something special was coming. With the release of These White Walls, the first single from the record, I could already tell that Swear and Shake had upped their game considerably. I thought I was adequately prepared for the remaining songs, but I [...]
Spotlight on Megan McCormick – “Honest Words”
Out of the wilds of Idaho and Alaska, Megan McCormick has settled in Nashville. Her fiery debut, Honest Words, hits you from the opener, “Shiver”, a down-and-dirty song of obsession and addiction, and never lets up. McCormick packs quite a punch with her gorgeous and powerful voice (somewhere between Ann Wilson and Bonnie Raitt), a [...]
Katzenjammer “Le Pop” Nettwerk Records
Being new to the world of album reviews, I decided to just write whatever popped into my head while listening to Le Pop for the first time (not unlike anything else I write, ever). So: I generally love things with bells and accordion-sounding instruments, so this sounds really promising from moment one, and very eclectic, [...]
Imelda May – Love Tattoo – (Verve Forecast)
Dublin-born rockabilly sensation Imelda May is further proof that the Irish are the European torchbearers of soul. Backed by a band that includes her husband Darrel Higham on guitar, she alternately growls, shouts, purrs and croons on Love Tattoo, her first major-label release. (Her debut, No Turning Back, was released under her maiden name, Imelda [...]
“Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs Shel Silverstein” (Various Artists) Sugar Hill
You never know what to expect with a tribute album. They have a tendency to be very hit and miss. Often, the biggest downfalls are that the songs don’t sound all that different from the original and they just aren’t quite as good. While there are some songs on this album that don’t add too [...]
Neil Young previews new tracks in Nashville
Six songs into Neil Young’s seemingly sedate solo set at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium last night, the 64-year-old rocker stunned fans who weren’t expecting to leave with ringing ears. Putting down his acoustic guitar, he strapped on his signature electric Les Paul Old Black and began thrashing away on “Down by the River” like a one-man [...]
Roland White “I Wasn’t Born to Rock ‘n Roll” Tompkins Square
It took thirty-four years for “I Wasn’t Born to Rock ‘n Roll” to be reissued on cd, and we should be thankful to Tompkins Square for seeking out lost treasures like this. Roland White may not be as immediately recognizable outside of bluegrass circles as names like Bill Monroe or Lester Flatt, but he has [...]
Q&A: Blackberry Smoke
The faint aroma of incense eased through the air of Nashville’s Mercy Lounge as the five longhaired, Skynyrd-esque rockers of Blackberry Smoke took the stage. Often cited as “Too Country for Rock, Too Rock for Country”, Blackberry Smoke delivered a foot stompin’, lighter-wavin’, ‘hell yeah’ of a good time that fully lived up to the [...]
Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and Beck Bring New Music to ‘True Blood’
“Who isn’t a fan of nakedness and vampirism?” Elvis Costello jokes when asked to sum up the appeal ofTrue Blood. Hopefully, more rock fans will soon be too. For the third season of HBO’s hit drama, the show’s producers have lined up an impressive roster of artists to contribute to an eclectic soundtrack. Beck, Robbie [...]
Willie Nelson “Country Music” Rounder
“This is my definition of real country music.” That’s what Willie Nelson says about his new album, and, with that in mind, it’s interesting that he chooses to close the album with “Nobody’s Fault but Mine” – which comes from the blues tradition, rather than country. It was the only song that Willie added to [...]
Jason Boland: What's going on in the sticks these days?
It began with Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family in the 1920s, but country music has come a long way since the days of “Blue Yodel No. 1″ and “Wildwood Flower.” In the early 1940s it was Bill Monroe and Flatt and Scruggs, and later honky tonk was born with Ernest Tubb and Hank Williams. [...]
Haggard brings back old-school country in "I Am What I Am"
What would you have if the past 25 years of country music history had never occurred? You would Merle Haggard’s new album, I Am What I Am. Released on his Hag Records label, this is old-school country gold from the era of AM radio and 8-track tapes played on long 55-mph road trips. It is [...]
Coachella…always legendary…
Coachella…always legendary…always memorable…always for different reasons. This year was my fourth at Coachella, and it was notably the-same-but-not-at-all-the same for one main reason: it was so, so packed. The festival is always busy, but this year, with the removal of the one day pass (which meant that every attendee had to purchase the full three [...]
The Sadies "Darker Circles"
Darker Circles, possibly alluding to an even increased lack of sleep, is what seems to be afoot in the methodically constructed new album by The Sadies. The obvious hard work rings noticeably down to the bone, and at first listen you can tell that these Alt Country Rockers worked long and hard on this short [...]
