Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā JOHNNY CASH Bootleg Vol. III: Live Around the World Columbia/Legacy 88697 930032 Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā JOHNNY CASH Bootleg Vol. IV: The Soul of Truth Columbia/Legacy 88697 985382 www.legacyrecordings.com www.johnnycash.com Ā The … Continue reading →
Glencoe, Scotland. In the year 1692 one of the most heinous state sponsored crimes in European history took place. A group of the soldiers from the Argyll regiment attacked their hosts at three dwellings around the village of Glencoe in … Continue reading →
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE The Road is Dark Borealis 209 www.borealisrecords.com> Ā While Michael Jerome Browne plays a variety of roots styles (from Appalachian traditional music to RnB) and just about any instrument with strings, blues … Continue reading →
āThere was simply nobody else writing like Warren Zevon at that time. He was one of the most interesting writers of the era, and certainly ahead of his time.ā Ā ā Gore Vidal, inĀ Iāll Sleep When Iām Dead Introduction Iāll Sleep … Continue reading →
Ā Ā Ā Ā MARIA MISGELD Romans I Moll Misgeld 001 www.misgeldmusic.com Ā Although itās not Misgeldās debut, the Swedish singer is pretty much an unknown name. On the basis of this, though, that might change. Sheās a singer of … Continue reading →
āHeās the keeper of the keysā¦āIn our opening post this week on Warren Zevon, I was careful while interpreting the lyrics to point out that the readings were mine. Ā Itās not clear to me that any of Warrenās lyrics have … Continue reading →
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā EMILY PINKERTON Ends of the Earth Green Jeans 003 www.emilypinkerton.com Ā 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 →
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ALTAN Gleann Nimhe (The Poison Glen) Compass Rose 4571 www.compassrosemusic.com Ā Altan is that rare Celtic band that has enjoyed pop music crossover success even though its music seldom strays far from its Donegal roots. … Continue reading →
Itās easy to say that the murder ballad today isĀ obsolete, and that those of us obsessed with the genre are like those odd people on Antiques Roadshow that know a whole lot about certain picky sorts of old stuff mysterious … Continue reading →
Ā Ā Ā Ā KATE CAMPBELL 1,000 Pound Machine Large River 5112 www.katecampbell.com/large-river-music www.katecampbell.com Ā This is Kate Campbellās 14th release. Bookending the collection is Kateās musical explanation of the mechanics of her ā1,000 pound machineā: her piano. The first … Continue reading →
