“I’ve been told I’m a hard dog to keep under the porch.” Justin Townes Earle grins at the crowd, then hits the punchline: “That was by my dad.” Then, in an aside that works as the explanation for those outside […]
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Last week at the Nashville Film Festival, I finally got a chance to check out Ain’t In It For My Health: A Film About Levon Helm. I’d been excited to see this since I saw a short teaser-trailer for the […]
Friday night at Oxford, Mississippi’s Double Decker Arts Festival, we stood a block south the Square, looking south toward the stage where Old Crow Medicine Show was playing. The band could see the old courthouse behind us, lit up, just past the Confederate soldier […]
Robyn Ludwick puts real soul into alt-country, Texas style, in her new CD, Out Of These Blues. Ms. Ludwick’s songwriting and vocal skills are extraordinary throughout the album. Gurf Morlix produced and played on the record along with an impressive cast including Ian MacLagan, John Ludwick (Ms. Ludwick’s […]
Holy shit! Who would have guessed that something this kick-ass could come from some baby-faced guy, who if it weren’t for his tattoo sleeves, could pass for the tuba player in your high school marching band. Indiana-born singer-songwriter, Austin Lucas […]
FTB podcast #117 features the new album by ZOE MUTH AND THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS called Starlight Hotel. Also new music from THE FAREWELL DRIFTERS, JOHN OATES and THE CORNELL HURD BAND. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist’s websites and order […]
Bluesfest, Tyagarah NSW Australia April 21-26, 2011 www.bluesfest.com.au There were bigger names at the top of the bill – including Dylan and BB King, no less – but for me Bluesfest 2011 was always about the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Although Susan […]
For years, I’ve heard stories about Merlefest. Many of them talk of the community – the late-night impromptu picking sessions back at the camp, the folks who have been coming here year in and out, who have become accustomed to […]
With the re-release of their eponymous debut album on Sub Pop, The Head and the Heart are destined to gather the attention this power folk sextet richly deserves. The sound is actually the melding of two power trios, one of […]
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – No Help Coming (Transdreamer, 2011) Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs (comprised of Golightly and multi-instrumentalist Lawyer Dave) continue to mash the hard-charging folk dynamic of Richard & Mimi Farina with a primitive (rather than […]
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