VARIOUS Woody Guthrie @ 100! Live At the Kennedy Center Legacy Recordings www.legacyrecordings.com Regardless of Eleanor Roosevelt’s attention to leftist music, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (1912-67) might have been surprised to find Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center … Continue reading →
STONE BLIND VALENTINE Burn Like A Field Stone Blind Valentine www.stoneblindvalentine.com It takes more than a bit of musical confidence and know-how to meld a proudly contemporary sense of songwriting and lyricism with an … Continue reading →
RUTH MOODY These Wilder Things Red House 266 www.redhouserecords.com www.ruthmoody.com Ruth Moody is a member of the Canadian roots trio The Wailin’ Jennys. She has won two prestigious Juno awards, and The Wilder Things is … 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 →
MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY Red River Drifter Red River 052 www.michaelmartinmurphey.com Martin Murphey’s origins provide a key to his music. “I grew up in Texas, the world’s number one musical crossroads where anything goes musically.” … Continue reading →
GURF MORLIX Finds the Present Tense Rootball 06261 36998 www.gurfmorlix.com As the title suggests this is not a bright, sunny set of songs. Gurf Morlix’s ten songs here are nearly relentlessly dark slices of … Continue reading →
SLOCAN RAMBLERS Shaking Down the Acorns Slocan Ramblers www.slocanramblers.com A lot of good bluegrass has come out of Canada over the decades, and Toronto has surprisingly become something of a hotbed for the music … Continue reading →
KENNEDY’S KITCHEN Birds Upon The Trees Kennedy’s Kitchen www.kennedyskitchen.com Based in South Bend, Indiana, this family-based acoustic outfit is fronted by singer-guitarist joHn (Spell-check is going berserk, but yes, that’s how he wants it) … 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 →
