TIM O’BRIEN and DARRELL SCOTT Memories and Moments Full Skies www.timobrien.net It’s hard to believe more than a decade has past since O’Brien and Scott’s last collection of new material, 2000’s Grammy-nominated Real Time. … Continue reading →
JOSIENNE CLARKE and BEN WALKER Fire & Fortune Navigator Records 82 www.navigatorrecords.co.uk New releases fall into categories such as old friends, familiar voices, and promising discoveries. But few are as delicious as those that … Continue reading →
JUURI & JUURI Pelimannit Aania 23 www.aania.fi After a decade together, Finnish musicians Eero Grundström (Harmonium, harmonica, voice) and Emilia Lajunen (5-string fiddle, nyckelharpa, voice) have finally made an album. Well, not one album, but … Continue reading →
This is Part 4 of our series Implements of Destruction. Check out Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 when you get a chance! Introduction – “With time to kill…” Ken established our Implements of Destruction series with posts considering three … Continue reading →
The Highwaymen–Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson This is the second post this week on Steve Earle’s “The Devil’s Right Hand.” See the first post here. Today’s post reviews some of the covers of Earle’s song, and we … Continue reading →
THE DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE Good Man Down David Mayfield 002 www.thedavidmayfieldparade.com Given that David Mayfield has been involved in a wide variety of musical endeavors ranging from the family bluegrass band he grew up playing … Continue reading →
BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR The Warm Up EP Jakarta Records 062 www.jakarta-records.de If you’re looking for a world music perspective in hip-hop, look no further than Ghana-born hip-hop artist Blitz the Ambassador. His third release … Continue reading →
WINGDALE COMMUNITY SINGERS Night, Sleep, Death Drag City www.dragcity.com Apparently, it was a shared love of old-time music that initially brought the Wingdale Community Singers together over a decade ago. It can be hard to tell … Continue reading →
WINDY HILL Let’s Go To The Fair Windy Hill http://windyhillbluegrass.com I saw this Northern, California-based bluegrass band at last year’s well-attended Susanville Bluegrass Festival. From the first few notes it was apparent, from both … Continue reading →
ERIC BURDON ‘Til Your River Runs Dry ABKCO 8906 www.abkco.com Eric Burdon returns to action with this set of ten originals plus Marc Cohn’s “Medicine Man” and Bo Diddley’s “Before You Accuse Me.” That … Continue reading →
