“I think we’re just a rock and roll band,” Luther Dickinson tells those who would label his North Mississippi Allstars a blues outfit. But on his latest solo project, Blues and Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook Vol I &II, Dickinson exhibits […]
“I think we’re just a rock and roll band,” Luther Dickinson tells those who would label his North Mississippi Allstars a blues outfit. But on his latest solo project, Blues and Ballads: A Folksinger’s Songbook Vol I &II, Dickinson exhibits […]
I write this with not a little trepidation. It’s not that I don’t like this new album. I do … by a good length, in horse racing parlance. It’s just that I don’t want to promote the Cayamo cruise too much. I’ve […]
For those who have never experienced the joys of the seagoing music festival Cayamo, it suffices to say it ought not be missed. Boasting a veritable who’s who of Americana icons — John Prine, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Lucinda […]
The Detroit Soul, Motown Sound seems to be ‘the thing,’ to do when making music these days. When done incorrectly, it sounds fake, forced and well a more polished version of “bro-country.” But when done correctly, like on Cord Lund’s […]
Attempts at an authentic presentation of traditional music can show up pale imitators pretty quickly but, on the flip-side, those tagged as the real deal quickly rise to the top. The Deslondes are just that with five singer/songwriters blending country […]
I was first introduced to Ed Hamell’s music during my pilgrimage to Nashville this summer. And really, there’s nothing like seeing this guy live. Hamell has the ability to sear right to your core like the best gospel preacher, the […]
Bryan Simpson independently released his project “The Whistles and The Bells” in March of 2014 and for those of us that heard it last year we knew we were hearing something special. Now on August 7 New West Records is […]
Tim Easton plays and sings like an old man. For the record, that’s meant as praise, not a taunt. He often sounds as if he’s channeling any number of discovered-late bluesmen, as well as Doc Watson and everybody’s favorite great-uncle […]
As they have throughout so much of John Hiatt’s career, the twin themes of love’s redemption and time’s inexorable passage find a common denominator (much as they did in Slow Turning) in his first release since 2005. The North Mississippi […]
I have never quite loved the Drive-By Truckers. For one thing, I have always been a little put off by the awkward self-awareness of Patterson Hood’s ambitions. God knows the moral and cultural geography of the modern south cries out […]
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