DJ SEAN P: Rock It Don’t Stop It
DJ Sean P Rock It… Don’t Stop It! BBE Music www.bbemusic.com London-based, deep grooves DJ Sean P has compiled a series of early Hip Hop recordings from 1979 to 1983, an era sometimes labeled … Continue reading →
JACK WHITE: Lazaretto
Jack White Lazaretto Columbia Records www.columbiarecords.com Blind Willie McTell’s 1928 Victor recording “Three Women Blues” was pure Piedmont blues with undertones of racial pride in his yellow, black and brown-skinned lovers. In Jack White’s … Continue reading →
MARAH: Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania
MARAH Presents: Mountain Minstrelsy of Pennsylvania Valley Farm Songs www.marah-usa.com Philadelphia roots-rockers Marah have gone “up the country,” relocating to the small town of Milheim, PA, and embracing their new community wholeheartedly. Hence the … Continue reading →
PANTALEIMON: The Butterfly Ate The Pearl
Pantaleimon The Butterfly Ate The Pearl Grass Girl www.pantaleimon.com Modern psych-folk can be a dangerous thing these days. It’s easy to go from mind-bending to disastrously corny in a heartbeat, but Andria Degens does a good job of walking the … Continue reading →
THE QUIET AMERICAN: Songs From A Rocking Chair
The Quiet American Songs From A Rocking Chair Aaron Keim www.quietamericanmusic.com Among the many duos plying Americana waters these days, The Quiet American may rank as the old-timiest of all. Aaron and Nicole Keim have left Boulder for the Pacific … Continue reading →
ROD MacDONALD: Later That Night
Rod MacDonald Later That Night Blue Flute Music 107 www.rodmacdonald.net Every few years the mainstream media drives a lame stallion out of the stable to see if he’ll gallop. All of a sudden there will … Continue reading →
DEAN ALGER: The Original Guitar Hero and The Power of Music
Dean Alger The Original Guitar Hero And the Power of Music: The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music & Civil Rights University of North Texas Press ISBN: 978-1574415469 www.untpress.unt.edu This long overdue, deeply researched biography deals with the … Continue reading →
BRADFORD LEE FOLK: Somewhere Far Away
Bradford Lee Folk & The Bluegrass Playboys Somewhere Far Away Bradford Lee Folk www.bradfordleefolk.com A decade ago one of the hottest bands on the bluegrass circuit was Open Road, a Colorado-based outfit headed up by guitarist … Continue reading →
I DRAW SLOW: White Wave Chapel
I DRAW SLOW White Wave Chapel Pinecastle 1187 www.pinecastlemusic.com In the folk music world on this side of the Atlantic, it’s hard to throw a stick without hitting a band composed of Americans doing their … Continue reading →
VARIOUS ARTISTS: For Freedom Alone: The Wars of Independence
Various Artists For Freedom Alone: The Wars of Independence Greentrax 1314 www.greentrax.com June 23rd and 24th mark the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, a major victory in Scotland’s 1297-1328 struggle for independence from … Continue reading →