Whiskey Shivers Whiskey Shivers CBM 001 www.whiskeyshivers.com Long ago, bluegrass was dubbed folk music in overdrive. Decades later, punk’s faster-and-louder ethos experienced a faster/who-needs-louder breakaway as a new generation pogoed to fiddle breakdowns and … Continue reading →
Ani DiFranco Allergic To Water Righteous Babe www.righteousbabe.com Carpel Tunnel Syndrome may have forced her to tamper her power-cord guitar assault, but poetic depth and sharp-edged literacy remain as potent as ever on Ani … Continue reading →
Bob Dylan and The Band The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11 Columbia Legacy 888750 161222 www.legacyrecordings.com A legend in their time, Bob Dylan’s basement tapes were informal sessions recorded on three … Continue reading →
True North Elsebound True North www.truenorthbluegrass.com Particularly in the “Internet Age” of the past twenty years or so, the discussion of what is and what is not “bluegrass” has pushed the boundaries of the … Continue reading →
Poor Man’s Fortune Bayou Curious Poor Man’s Fortune www.poormansfortune.com What an intriguing album! I should have expected this from the album title, Bayou Curious, but the new album from Texas-based ensemble Poor Man’s Fortune … Continue reading →
Bonnie Dobson Take Me For A Walk In The Morning Dew Hornbeam 003 www.hornbeamrecordings.com I had not heard anything new by Bonnie Dobson in decades. So learning of Take Me For A Walk In … Continue reading →
Jamie Anderson Drive All Night Bella Books 978-1-59493-399-8 www.bellabooks.com Inordinately talented, lesbian folk comic musician and occasional belly dancer, Jamie Anderson has been a traveling performer for the past twenty-plus years (as well as … Continue reading →
Robert Elfstrom Pete Seeger: A Song and A Stone Weinderworld Dvd www.weinerworld.com View Pete Seeger: A Song and a Stone for a slew of engaging glimpses of one of the greatest Americans of the … Continue reading →
Rhythm & Roots August 29-31, Ninigret Park, Charlestown, RI www.rhythmandroots.com So many performers at the 17th annual Rhythm and Roots Festival proclaimed it among the best festivals that they had played that one began … Continue reading →
Phil Ochs Live Again! Rockbeat 3249 www.rockbeatrecords.com Much of Phil Ochs recorded legacy is either out of print or hard to find. Which makes this new release of an apparently recently discovered board tape … Continue reading →
