Song Review – Kelsea Ballerini’s “Dibs”
What bothers me the most about this song is how so commonplace it has become to see a song like this become a big success on country radio without any measurable clamor or concern about where this...
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“Grinder” – Gary Clark Jr. at Austin City Limits, 2015 [YouTube Official Video]
Austin native Gary Clark Jr. amazed a live audience when he delivered... Read more »
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Jim Gleason – Last Fish Standing (2015)
Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jim Gleason typically shares lead guitar duties in The Johnson Brothers Band and The Sons of the Frigidaires, and plays stunt guitar with The Bats. He has...
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“Hello Lonely Woman” – Neil Young (From Bluenote Cafe) [YouTube Official...
“Hello Lonely Woman” was one of the first songs that Neil Young... Read more »
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Tony Joe White – Swamp Fox: The Definitive Collection 1968-1973 (2015)
Louisiana born Tony Joe White was one of America’s finest purveyors of top notch roots music long before this all embracing term became fashionable, and his distinctive songwriting skills supplied a...
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5 Spooky Canadian Halloween Songs
Murder Murder from Sudbury, Ontario I'm back from the lovely Folk Music Ontario conference in Toronto with an armful of CDs and newly rekindled love for my father's native land. And though we have a...
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VA – Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins (2015)
320 kbps|126 MB| UL | UA | TB Tracklist: 01 James McMurtry – Big Things (2:49) 02 Kasey Chambers – Cold and Bitter Tears (2:46) 03 Tim Easton – One Hundred Miles (3:41) 04 Mary Gauthier – Sorry You’re...
View ArticleAlbum Review – “Sidelong” by Sarah Shook & The Disarmers
"Sidelong" may find itself in a dark and troubled place much of the time, but it's good old country music at its heart. You know, country music? That stuff they used to make before Music Row lost its...
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Son Volt – Trace: 20th Anniversary Edition (2015)
Son Volt’s 1995 debut, Trace, is an album full of highways and backroads, maps and legends. Sturdily constructed from scraps of rusted country and strange, white-line-feverish imagery, these songs...
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Folkfinds: Willi Goehring’s “Up The Hill”
Willi Goehring, originally from Illinois, moved to Fayetteville to pursue an MFA in Poetry and emerged as something of an Ozarks renaissance folklorist. Musically, he’s a a multi-instrumentalist...
View ArticleSam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll - Americana Music Show Podcast
Listen to tracks from the companion CD to Peter Guralnick's book about Sam Phillips. These are some of the earliest recordings from the dawn of rock & roll.
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Picnic Area album launch at the Wonder Inn, Manchester
Launch gig for Picnic Area's new CD "Classics", at the Wonder Inn, 29 Shudehill, Manchester M4 2AP, 8-11pm on Friday 20th November 2015. Manchester based alternative country band Picnic Area have been...
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CLINT BLACK —ON Purpose (Blacktop Records / Thirty Tigers)
www.clintblack.com It has been a long time, a too long 10 years since country act Clint Black has had an album out. I had long since given up hope of him doing so. Black first hit the charts just...
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The Orphan Brigade. Soundtrack to a Ghost Story. Proper Records
Two Americans and an Irishman walk into a haunted house… No, it’s not the opening line of a joke but the punch line for the story behind The Orphan Brigade. The three (Neilson Hubbard, Joshua Britt...
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Freight Train Boogie Show #320
FTB Show #320 features the new album by The Supersuckers called Holdin’ The Bag. Also new music from Donnie Fritts, Rita Hosking, and The Black Lillies. Here’s the iTunes link to subscribe to the FTB...
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JamGrass 2015 Only A Few Days Away
JamGrass Music Festival Main Day 7 November 2015 Launch Party 6 November 2015 Just a few days away to a great inner-Melbourne music festival JamGrass. All tickets here To whet your appetite and to...
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Evergreen Grass Band – Blister Rust (2015)
Deep in the Northwoods of Wisconsin a group of pissed off bluegrass pickers decided they wanted to change bluegrass for all mankind.Bringing an energetic and original act to any place they play, the...
View ArticleDesolation Angel Radio October 29th, 2015
Here it is, the Desolation Angel Radio show on Thursday Oct. 29th, 2015. A selection of tunes designed to get your Halloween weekend in the right spirit and provide just the right background. Enjoy! Kip
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