     MICHAEL JEROME BROWNE The Road is Dark Borealis 209 www.borealisrecords.com>  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 →
âThere 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.â  â Gore Vidal, in Iâll Sleep When Iâm Dead Introduction Iâll Sleep … Continue reading →
    MARIA MISGELD Romans I Moll Misgeld 001 www.misgeldmusic.com  Although itâs not Misgeldâs debut, the Swedish singer is pretty much an unknown name. On the basis of this, though, that might change. Sheâs a singer of … Continue reading →
âHeâs the keeper of the keysâŚâIn our opening post this week on Warren Zevon, I was careful while interpreting the lyrics to point out that the readings were mine.  Itâs not clear to me that any of Warrenâs lyrics have … Continue reading →
     EMILY PINKERTON Ends of the Earth Green Jeans 003 www.emilypinkerton.com  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 →
     ALTAN Gleann Nimhe (The Poison Glen) Compass Rose 4571 www.compassrosemusic.com  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 →
Itâs easy to say that the murder ballad today is obsolete, and that those of us obsessed with the genre are like those odd people on Antiques Roadshow that know a whole lot about certain picky sorts of old stuff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 →
    KATE CAMPBELL 1,000 Pound Machine Large River 5112 www.katecampbell.com/large-river-music www.katecampbell.com  This is Kate Campbellâs 14th release. Bookending the collection is Kateâs musical explanation of the mechanics of her â1,000 pound machineâ: her piano. The first … Continue reading →
This is our third post on âSwannanoa Tunnel.â Â Read the first one here, and the second one here. âAshville Junctionâ Todayâs post will be longer on music and shorter on writing, covering a wider variety of approaches to âSwannanoa Tunnel.â … Continue reading →
This is the second of three posts on âSwannanoa Tunnel.â You can read the first here and the third here. North Carolina-based musician and radio host Wayne Erbsen makes a curious claim in introducing his performance of âSwannanoa Tunnelâ on the compilation … Continue reading →
