DENNIS STROUGHMATT La Belle Blondine Swallow 6223 www.swallowrecords.com www.creolefiddle.com When you studied US history, you probably never learned about the French Creole settlers who founded the Illinois territory 300 years ago along the Mississippi and … Continue reading →
My chosen song this week has as its origins an English fairy tale about a girl who loses a nice toy and is punished for it. It is a tale that grew in at least two major branches. Along one … Continue reading →
DAVID FRANCEY Late Edition Laker 1009 www.davidfrancey.com After nine celebrated albums of carefully-crafted balladry, the novel fact that Scottish-Canadian songwriter David Francey released his first album in 1999 at age 45 has worn off, … Continue reading →
Glencoe, Scotland. On Monday I set the scene and told some of the backstory of the events leading up to the massacre. Today I tell the story of the massacre itself, I will also name the victims, the culprits and … Continue reading →
RYAN McGIVER Troubled in Mind Ryan McGiver www.ryanmcgiver.com Ryan McGiver’s debut album, Troubled in Mind, features mostly traditional music from his native Catskill Mountains. Ryan is a fine singer whose intimate style resembles Nick Drake … Continue reading →
JOHNNY CASH Bootleg Vol. III: Live Around the World Columbia/Legacy 88697 930032 JOHNNY CASH Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth Columbia/Legacy 88697 985382 www.legacyrecordings.com www.johnnycash.com The … Continue reading →
Glencoe, Scotland. In the year 1692 one of the most heinous state sponsored crimes in European history took place. A group of the soldiers from the Argyll regiment attacked their hosts at three dwellings around the village of Glencoe in … Continue reading →
MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE The Road is Dark Borealis 209 www.borealisrecords.com> While Michael Jerome Browne plays a variety of roots styles (from Appalachian traditional music to RnB) and just about any instrument with strings, blues … Continue reading →
“There was simply nobody else writing like Warren Zevon at that time. He was one of the most interesting writers of the era, and certainly ahead of his time.” – Gore Vidal, in I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead Introduction I’ll Sleep … Continue reading →
MARIA MISGELD Romans I Moll Misgeld 001 www.misgeldmusic.com Although it’s not Misgeld’s debut, the Swedish singer is pretty much an unknown name. On the basis of this, though, that might change. She’s a singer of … Continue reading →
