     VARIOUS Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song Document 7010 www.document-records.com  This two-disc set is a one-of-a-kind project for the famed Document reissue label in that it contains material by living musicians (led by vocalist … Continue reading →
   SUSIE GLAZE and THE HILONESOME BAND Not That Kind of Girl Hilonesome www.susieglaze.com  I must admit I asked my editor for this disc because I liked the cover, a black and white old-time photo of a … Continue reading →
     Gretchen Peters Blackbirds Scarlet Letter 10 www.gretchenpeters.com  Gretchen Peters first moved to Nashville in the 1980s. She has written a long string of some of the best songs from there, often dealing with thorny … Continue reading →
    CLAIRE HOLLEY Time In The Middle Self 88295-23079 www.claireholley.com  I hadnât heard anything from Claire Holley since her second album on Yep Roc (4th overall) Dandelion, and that one really impressed me and stuck with … Continue reading →
       DAVE VAN RONK Live In Monterey Omnivore 83 www.omnivorerecordings.com       DAVE VAN RONK Hear Me Howl Rock Beat 3284 On Amazon  The charismatic âMayor of MacDougal Street,â otherwise … Continue reading →
     LE VENT DU NORD TĂȘtu Borealis 236 www.borealisrecords.com  I suspect that the Quebecois band Le Vent du Nord is unfamiliar to many in the English-speaking world. Which is too bad, because they are exceptionally … Continue reading →
     GUADI GALEGO LĂșas de Outubro e Agosto Fol 1078 www.boa.es  Mention âCeltic lands,â and chances are good few will mention Galiciaâa northwestern region of Spain that bleeds into northern Portugal. That is unless you … Continue reading →
     CATH and PHIL TYLER The Song-Crowned King Ferrid Modrant 9 www.cathandphiltyler.bandcamp.com  This beautifully spare new release from the American-British duo (based in England) has been a long time promised, but even with only six … Continue reading →
    EMMYLOU HARRIS and RODNEY CROWELL The Traveling Kind Nonesuch www.nonesuch.com  Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell won a Grammy for their 2013 release Old Yellow Moon and fortunately for us, theyâve followed it up with another … Continue reading →
     BRIAN McNEILL and FRIENDS The Falkirk Music Pot Greentrax 383 www.greentrax.com  What is Scottish music? Once one accepts the reality that what is glibly labeled âCeltic musicâ is more useful for marketers than ethnomusicologists, … Continue reading →
