JOHNNY WINTER The Essential Columbia/Legacy www.legacyrecordings.com This double-disc overview of key studio tracks, drawn from material that originally appeared on the Columbia, Blue Sky and Legacy labels, as well as an abundance of … Continue reading →
LOAFERS’ GLORY Loafers’ Glory Arhoolie 542 www.arhoolie.com Southern California-based traditional bluegrass ensemble Loafers’ Glory is comprised of veteran talents Herb Pedersen, Bill Bryson and Tom Sauber along with Saubers’ youthful offspring Patrick – a … Continue reading →
WINDY HILL Let’s Go To The Fair Windy Hill http://windyhillbluegrass.com I saw this Northern, California-based bluegrass band at last year’s well-attended Susanville Bluegrass Festival. From the first few notes it was apparent, from both … Continue reading →
EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon Nonesuch 534285 www.nonesuch.com Wonderfully produced by Nashville veteran Brian Ahern (George Jones, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison), who also adds guitar throughout, Old Yellow Moon is the first official … Continue reading →
GENE CLARK Here Tonight | The White Light Demos Omnivore Recordings www.omnivorerecordings.com Heralded in the mid-1960s as America’s Beatles, the Byrds – co-founded by Clark – struck pay-dirt right out-of-the-gate with their ringing version … Continue reading →
HANS THEESSINK Wishing Well Blue Groove 2320 www.theessink.com Traveling troubadour Hans Theessink has had a deep love affair with American roots music for a long while. In a brief note accompanying his track-by-track commentary … Continue reading →
ANDERSON FAMILY BLUEGRASS Live From Grass Valley Anderson Family Bluegrass 002 www.andersonfamilybluegrass.com The family band has always been one of the most treasured aspects in the world of bluegrass and the Anderson Family band … Continue reading →
MIKE SEEGER Mike Seeger Vanguard 79150 www.vanguardrecords.com The timeless, home-grown music of the late mulch-instrumentalist and folklorist Mike Seeger nostalgically evokes a bygone age of old-time rural music, early acoustic blues and pre-World War … Continue reading →
HOWELLDEVINE Jumps, Boogies and Wobbles Arhoolie 544 www.arhoolie.com This popular, Northern California-based neo-traditional blues duo – rough-hewn slide guitarist and cuttingly astringent harmonica ace, Joshua Howell, and imaginatively rhythmic percussionist Pete Devine – sure … Continue reading →
THE CHAPIN SISTERS A Date With the Everly Brothers Lake Bottom www.thechapinsisters.com When the roots of rock are considered, some five decades after the music’s arrival in the mid-1950s, the genre is generally seen … Continue reading →
