On episode 133 of the Americana Music Show, Alex Culbreth talks about getting rowdy with the Dead Country Stars, who inspires his punchy writing style, and his folk-rap song. Plus country rock from Bow Thayer and Perfect Trainwreck Farmington Hill, […]
Tuneful combination of rock, pop, Americana and blues The sophomore release from this Queens quartet continues to mine the intersection of angsty guitar pop, twangy Americana and Stonesish rock they debuted in 2009. Vocalist (and songwriter) Mike Montali also continues […]
Extraordinary solo demos for Gene Clark’s White Light Having passed through the New Christy Minstrels, founded and left the Byrds and dissolved a fruitful partnership with Doug Dillard, Gene Clark escaped the burdens of Los Angeles and relocated to a […]
I wait for new Steve Earle albums now the same way I used to wait for a new Grateful Dead studio album. With great anticipation, knowing that whatever I get will be special. And to clear up the mistake in […]
Talk about a cross-over album. “The Easy Winners” (Angel Records, 1975) was the work of Scott Joplin as interpreted by Andre Previn and Itzhak Perlman. The result was beautiful, a classic that probably should have got more attention than it […]
“They just don’t do it for me anymore.” We’re almost at the end of a delightful evening of music and banter from Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin. MCC has just finished singing I Feel Lucky, and this is her […]
Four kids from Forest Hills, Queens who might not have set out to do anything but perhaps ditch the stigma of being from Queens ended up making musical history, pioneering the punk movement of the late ’70s. Jeffrey Hyman, Douglas Colvin, John […]
Tinsley Elis -Get It – Heart Fixer– Rick J Bowen One might think releasing an instrumental album of blues, surf and guitar rock in this day and age is unwise, but with the fastest growing genre of music today being […]
My dear friend, legendary writer about music and pop philosopher Paul Williams, passed away March 27. Paul was the founder, writer and publisher of the first serious rock and roll magazine in the United States, called Crawdaddy!, which was named […]
Take a shot, stomp your feet, chase that shot with your beer of choice, take another shot and let out a rebel yell! It’s time to review The Dallas Moore Band new album Blessed Be The Bad Ones. Blessed Be […]
