Podcast: July 5, 2015 – TTBTGH #600!
Episode #600 It’s our 600th episode today, and so we took a look back at the past 599 episodes to see how we’ve been doing. We’ve compiled some facts and figures about our most played albums, songs,...
View ArticlePodcast: Steel Belted Radio – July 9, 2015 – Steel Belted Standby show 2015
Every year or so I try to whip up another timeless episode that can be popped into my slot when I can’t make it down to the station live. This year’s entry has us spinning some straightforward blues...
View ArticleThe Stray Birds
photo by Doug Seymour Serendipity indeed. Just after posting the review of the Ana Agge album which features Toronto based The Stray Birds as the backing band Blabbern’n’Smoke received some fine news...
View ArticlePodcast: Steel Belted Radio – July 16, 2015
Well, the Winnipeg Folk Festival got me again, by introducing me to some great new artists and showing me an impressive side of ones that I knew. It turned out to be a pretty great year, and today...
View ArticlePodcast: July 19, 2015
Episode #601 Today we preview some more exciting upcoming shows, and we reveal the truth behind some lies that we told on this show last week, exposing the true list of most played songs in TTBTGH...
View ArticlePreston Frank from Southwest Lousiana: Interview and Pictoral
Interview by Devon LegerPhotos of Southwest Louisiana by Lucius FontenotPhotos of Preston Frank by Jim Miller and Rosie Newton Zydeco and Creole music in Louisiana can be traced via the family trees...
View ArticleRonnie Fauss. Built To Break. Normaltown Records
When Another Town, the opening song on Dallas based Ronnie Fauss’s Built To Break came banging out of the speakers for the first time Blabber’n’Smoke had a quick double take moment. Surely this was...
View Article“Nothing Else Matters” – Steve ‘N’ Seagulls (Metallica Cover) [YouTube...
It’s been two months since we last heard from Finnish bluegrass outfit... Read more »
View ArticleBarrence Whitfield and the Savages Come Out Swinging
Barrence Whitfield and The Savages OK, everybody, time to take a deep breath. Under The Savage Sky by Barrence Whitfield and the Savages (Bloodshot Records) is about to be unleashed on the world. Too...
View ArticleOne Grass Two Grass – One Grass Two Grass (2015)
320 kbps|79 MB| UL | UA | HF | TB One Grass Two Grass delivers high energy, hard driving, fun loving, old-timey, new-timey, good-timey, California string band music. Through richly lyrical, naturally...
View ArticleThe Mike Ritchie On Sunday Show playlist – August 9, 2015 – on Celtic Music...
My latest playlist with catch-up links provided. 1 – THE WATERBOYS – A Man Is In Love 2 – NEIL YOUNG – Don’t Let It bring You Down 3 – ELIZA GILKYSON – Lights of Santa Fe Lights of Santa Fe 4 –...
View ArticleJOHN CEE STANNARD & BLUES HORIZON —STONE COLD SOBER (Cast Iron Recordings)
http://www.johnceestannard.co.uk Nothing too fancy just good old straight ahead honest as the day is long homely British folk blues. John Cee Stannard & Blues Horizon could just as easily have...
View ArticleElephant Encounters – August, 2015 newsletter
robdickens101:Next trip March 2016! Originally posted on elephantencounters: It’s World Elephant Day today – 12 August! A day when all people and organisations around the world come together and unite...
View ArticleBlue Mother Tupelo – Heaven & Earth (2009)
Heaven & Earth is rockin’ Americana & hill country blues with melodic harmonies and rhythms that groove … turn it up and take a trip through southern America … here are some great songs of...
View ArticleAlbum Review – Luke Bryan’s “Kill The Lights”
Luke Bryan did not get here by happenstance, and he's not going to blow his opportunity to remain on top by making poor decisions. Tell yourself his music won't last through the cruel inquisition of...
View Article“Bad Influence” – The Robert Cray Band [YouTube Official Video]
Blues guitarist Robert Cray has shared a live performance of “Bad Influence,”... Read more »
View ArticleLucinda Williams – Australian Tour 2015
Simply the best music news you could get on a Thursday morning, or any morning for that matter… A Day On The Green winery shows around the country with Paul Kelly’s Merri Soul Sessions and also two...
View ArticleRod Picott – Fortune - Americana Music Show Podcast
Listening to Rod Picott's latest album, Fortune, I can't help bu think of the word haggard, not like Merle, but like bruised and battered but not beaten.
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View ArticleVickie Vaughn Band
This is the Vicki Vaughn Band’s eponymous and debut album. It’s high-energy bluegrass, country and Americana. Vickie Vaughn Band is an independent release and was produced by the great Ronnie...
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