NORMAN BLAKE Wood Wire and Words Plectrafone www.westernjubilee.com Blake opens this album with “Savanna Rag,” a loose, syncopated instrumental that shows off his low key fingerpicking virtuosity. Descending bass runs and meandering flurries of … Continue reading →
Asleep At The Wheel Still the King Bismeaux www.bismeauxrecords.com Asleep at the Wheel moved from Paw Paw, West Virginia to Berkeley, CA, in the early 1970s at the suggestion of Commander Cody. Like Cody, … Continue reading →
TEMPEST The Tracks We Leave Magna Carta 9121 www.magnacarta.net Tempest plays Celtic music with a rock edge, but they shade their arrangements with hits of the blues, country and Cajun two-steps, Arab rhythms and … Continue reading →
GURF MORLIX Eatin’ At Me Rootball www.gurfmorlix.com Gurf Morlix won mainstream recognition during his time as Lucinda Williams’ guitar player, musical director and producer. After they had a falling out over the band’s musical … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS The Descendants Soundtrack Sony Classical 88697984562 www.sonyclassical.com There have been hundreds of Hollywood movies set in Hawaii, from Elvis’s “Blue Hawaii” to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” The one thing they all have in … Continue reading →
ANDRA SUCHY Little Heart Red House 252 www.redhouserecords.com Andra Suchy grew up on a farm in North Dakota. Both parents were singers and, as a child, she sang in the family band. She’s part … Continue reading →
MICHAEL LEWIS The Natural World: Lyric Driven Songs of the Borderlands Michael Lewis 001 www.michaellewismusic.net With his wife Denise Wilson, Lewis is one half of the singer-songwriter duo Traveler’s Dream. They’ve been on the road … Continue reading →
EMILY PINKERTON Ends of the Earth Green Jeans 003 www.emilypinkerton.com At first, the thought of blending the music of Appalachia and the Peruvian Andes seems unlikely, but Pinkerton, who was coincidently born in Valparaiso, … Continue reading →
