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Rosie's also doing a quick return to the SF Bay Area with a recently added show at the Knockout in the Mission slated for tomorrow night (Sunday Aug. 1st) at 10 PM. One of our best hillbilly bands, the B Stars are opening, so it looks like a great n…
I think Tony Joe is also vastly underappreciated as a performer. This is a guy who's definitely improved with age. The swamp's just oozin' out of him these days. Seriously, if you can possibly see him live, do it. He played Rancho Nicasio a couple o…
Just discovered this review, so I'm a little late (and many dollars short), but Rita's carrying on the tradition of singers like Kate Wolf, Iris Dement, and Mary McCaslin like no one else I know of today. Come Sunrise is one of those albums that I p…
Thanks for writing about this great album by one of the best "country-rock hillbilly twang" bands today. It's a great reveiw, and I have to add that for twang lovers, the tracks "40 Acres," "Bluebonnet Blue," and "Martha" are not to be missed. I can…
Both Nigel and Graeme Thomson's reviews pretty much nail it when it comes to Willie's live performances these days. He played at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in SF a few years back, and the best moment was when he first came on stage and waved to every…
Thanks for the excellent report--I really wanted to go to this show but couldn't quite work out the timing, but I did catch them the day before in Santa Cruz at the Kuumbwa, which I'm sure you can imagine was an excellent place to catch the exquisit…
Jim Lauderdale's doing a free in-store this coming Saturday May 22nd at Amoeba in the Haight, 2 PM.
And East Bay Grease opens for the Sadies at GAMH June 9th!
Then Dave Gonzalez and the Stone River Boys are in the area for a while : a free show at K…
I have about 50 Patty songs I feel pretty passionate about, but I gotta go with the "Useless Desires" crowd on this one. First of all, I love the title of the song, and what it suggests about just being alive and human. But what really makes the son…
Thanks for reviewing the new release by the incomparable Sadies, Simon. I'm really looking forward to hearing the new album, and, for my money, they are the best North American Bar band going (that's meant to be a compliment!). Their live shows are…
slippry nipple is probably right, but I don't care, I really liked this movie. It is a Hollywood movie, with the inevitable Hollywood hokum, but I thought the country rock sounded pretty good, and I was pleasantly surprised by Jeff Bridges' songs. T…
Peter Rowan made me love singing. He's got the ghost of Monroe in his voice. Watch him in a small club on a good night, and you'll never forget it.
Speaking of which, for those of you who live in the SF Bay Area, he's playing Slim's Saturday night,…
No doubt you're right, Marc, but I am still happy this review was published here. I suppose you can always suggest editing changes to the author if you see fit. And I too wish No Depression was still in its "print days"!
But I want to plug this re-…
Hank III doing Johnny Paycheck's "I'm the Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised"
Gillian Welch's "Daniel Had the Keys to the Kingdom" (don't know if that's the O-fficial title--she plays it live)
Michelle Shocked: "Soldier's Joy" and "Weaving Way"
Waylo…
This is a great interview, particularly T-Bone's recollections of his speculations before the O Brother soundtrack was released. And the only tours he did were Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, Elvis in his King of America period, and the amazing Plant…
Anyone see Rawlings and company last night at the Fillmore? How was it? I saw the Mystic show Monday night, and it was rockin' and lively in the house with the Old Crow boys in there. Peter Rowan also came up for a few songs, including his Ruby Ridg…
Thanks so much for writing about one of my favorite singers of all time! Back in '76, I caught Laura's gig with this band at the Santa Monica Civic and then 2 days later at Berkeley Community Theatre. This album still sounds good, one of the most su…
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Lauderdale, Grisman and company out in West Marin
It was one of those beautiful, timeless Sunday afternoons at Rancho Nicasio yesterday when Jim Lauderdale took the stage and began a soulful, inspired set of at least two and a half hours of his amazing songs. Backed by Keith Little on banjo and Paul Knight on acoustic bass, Lauderdale performed songs such as Life by Numbers, Calico, Molly's Got a Chain, and the list goes on and on, far too many for me to remember, but consistently inspired renditions from his considerable repertoire. After less… Continue
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