MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY Red River Drifter Red River 052 www.michaelmartinmurphey.com Martin Murphey’s origins provide a key to his music. “I grew up in Texas, the world’s number one musical crossroads where anything goes musically.” … Continue reading →
I’m a pistol, a forty-five, Ellis Paul (From Meadowbrook Pavilion website courtesy of Matt Callahan) I just shot two men in this hot-house dive.Now I’m smoking – burning hot barrel of metal. Believe it or not, I was bought by this … Continue reading →
Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame is welcoming a new member, George Shuffler, and an induction ceremony is to be held on Saturday, September 21, 2013, during the 39th Annual Bill Monroe Hall of Fame and Uncle Pen Days Festival … Continue reading →
Sing Out! Radio Magazine Hosted by Tom Druckenmiller SORM #13-33: Folk Rock From the UK, Pt. 1 Artist / “Title” / CD / Label Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” / Songs Of Hope And Struggle / Smithsonian-Folkways … Continue reading →
Tracy Grammer (uncredited photo from her web site) This our second post this week on Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer’s “41 Thunderer.” Read the first post here. Sometimes a pistol is just a pistol… As I mentioned in the previous … Continue reading →
GURF MORLIX Finds the Present Tense Rootball 06261 36998 www.gurfmorlix.com As the title suggests this is not a bright, sunny set of songs. Gurf Morlix’s ten songs here are nearly relentlessly dark slices of … Continue reading →
SLOCAN RAMBLERS Shaking Down the Acorns Slocan Ramblers www.slocanramblers.com A lot of good bluegrass has come out of Canada over the decades, and Toronto has surprisingly become something of a hotbed for the music … Continue reading →
KENNEDY’S KITCHEN Birds Upon The Trees Kennedy’s Kitchen www.kennedyskitchen.com Based in South Bend, Indiana, this family-based acoustic outfit is fronted by singer-guitarist joHn (Spell-check is going berserk, but yes, that’s how he wants it) … Continue reading →
HANS THEESSINK Wishing Well Blue Groove 2320 www.theessink.com Traveling troubadour Hans Theessink has had a deep love affair with American roots music for a long while. In a brief note accompanying his track-by-track commentary … Continue reading →
ANDERSON FAMILY BLUEGRASS Live From Grass Valley Anderson Family Bluegrass 002 www.andersonfamilybluegrass.com The family band has always been one of the most treasured aspects in the world of bluegrass and the Anderson Family band … Continue reading →
