THE TALLBOYS Fresh Daily The Tallboys www.thetallboys.com The Tallboys have long been the Northwest’s best-kept secret in old-time music. Pike Place buskers, community organizers, monthly square dance leaders, and genuinely nice folks, The Tallboys … Continue reading →
Various Artists You Are There Shanachie 622 www.shanachie.com Back in the previous century’s videocassette era, Shanachie put out a series of early-1950s live performances by country acts (including Chet Atkins, Ernest Tubb and Marty … Continue reading →
Eddie Cotton Here I Come DeChamp 114 www.eddiecottonjr.com A minister’s son from Clinton, Mississippi, Eddie Cotton Jr. grew up playing guitar and singing gospel songs in his father’s church (where he eventually became Minister … Continue reading →
VARIOUS Red Hot + Fela Knitting Factory Records www.knittingfactoryrecords.com It’s no surprise that Red Hot has dedicated a second volume of their series to the music of Fela, the pioneer of Afrobeat and himself … Continue reading →
The Rosenthals Fly Away American Melody www.americanmelody.com As The Rosenthals, father and son Phil and Daniel Rosenthal cover a lot of musical ground. While Phil’s roots are in bluegrass, American folk balladry, and mountain music, … Continue reading →
Rick Shea Sweet Bernadine Tres Pescadores www.rickshea.com Folk-styled troubadour Rick Shea grew up in San Bernadino, an old Southern California railroad town, and cut his teeth in the truck-stop bars and honky-tonks there, honing … Continue reading →
STEVE GILLETTE and CINDY MANGSEN Berrymania Compass Rose www.compassrosemusic.com Marvelous vocalists and acoustic multi-instrumentalists Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen have spent a lot of time driving around the country for the last two decades … Continue reading →
ALASDAIR FRASER and NATALIE HAAS Abundance Culburnie Records www.culburnie.com Classic Scots fiddlers like Niel Gow saw little contradiction between playing for a fashionable drawing room audience by day and sawing out tunes for village … Continue reading →
JENNIFER LEONHARDT Songs My Mother Sang Grassroots www.jenniferleonhardt.com This charming collection of traditional folk and hymns, plus one by Leonard Cohen, features simple arrangements and heartfelt emotion. It’s dedicated to the person who (one … Continue reading →
ROD PICOTT Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail Welding Rod Records www.rodpicott.com Some songwriters adopt a blue-collar persona. For Picott, a former sheetrock worker, it’s an honest voice. After growing up in Maine … Continue reading →
