For those of you looking for new artists and record releases, you really don’t want to miss seeing the lovely Amy Cook who will be performing cuts from her fantastic new album Summer Skin beginning November 1st through December 6th. Her disc has […]
Jim Byrnes is an extraordinary bluesman with the track record to show for it. The man falls into the local legend category around Vancouver, and is a fixture at festivals of all sorts here. He’s been playing for ever, and if […]
In what I have to say is our best TST “Download Den” offering yet, we are passing along the opportunity to download the Joshua James’ 2009 masterfully rustic, gorgeous LP, Build Me This, courtesy of NoiseTrade. James is a breathtaking […]
I recently took the NPR Music App for a spin on my iPhone. Here’s what I found. The Good: There is what looks like thousands of hours of great music and music podcasts both curated with loving detail and available for […]
There was a nice four song ep from David Latto a year or so back that featured a charming song about Thomas Fraser, Three Thousand Miles From Nashville. There was enough in that ep to suggest that this was a […]
Here’s the best Americana and roots-type music releases for the week of October 30th, 2012. New releases are starting to slow down as is the norm for this time of year. Click the artist or album links to find out […]
Duane Allman died 41 years ago today. It reminds me of how long ago I heard something new rising from the South. I’d bought a new album by a group from Macon, Georgia simply titled The Allman Brothers Band. I […]
Often when you hear a band who sits at the, some would say unlikely, crossroads of country and punk, it seems the punk tag is only given a passing nod, more evident in band members’ tattoos than in the music. […]
