ROSANNE CASH The River and The Thread Blue Note www.rosannecash.com Ever since her 1990 album Interiors, which marked the move from Nashville to New York City after divorcing Rodney Crowell, Rosanne Cash’s songs have … Continue reading →
ROD PICOTT Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail Welding Rod Records www.rodpicott.com Some songwriters adopt a blue-collar persona. For Picott, a former sheetrock worker, it’s an honest voice. After growing up in Maine … Continue reading →
ROBBIE FULKS Gone Away Backward Bloodshot 211 www.bloodshotrecords.com Years ago, a promoter fondly described Fulks as a big Dennis the Menace of country music – something country music often deserves. At 50, he’s mellowed … Continue reading →
RON BLOCK Walking Song Rounder 9167 www.rounder.com Ron Block is familiar to bluegrass and mainstream country music fans by virtue of his long tenure as banjo player and guitarist in Alison Krauss’ band Union … Continue reading →
THE QUIET AMERICAN Wild Bill Jones Aaron Keim www.quietamericanmusic.com The Quiet American call their music old time folk music for modern times. There are many musicians who think they are presenting old-time music … Continue reading →
EMMYLOU HARRIS & RODNEY CROWELL Old Yellow Moon Nonesuch 534285 www.nonesuch.com Wonderfully produced by Nashville veteran Brian Ahern (George Jones, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison), who also adds guitar throughout, Old Yellow Moon is the first official … Continue reading →
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 →
IAN TYSON All The Good ‘Uns, Vol. 2 Stony Plain 1367 www.stonyplainrecords.com When Ian & Sylvia split up in the early 1970s, Ian shifted from the duo’s northern hillbilly style to become a smooth … Continue reading →
CROOKED STILL Friends Of Fall Signature Sounds 2043 www.signaturesounds.com www.crookedstill.com I have always admired Crooked Still for their fearlessness and imagination. They have maintained a very high degree of quality, all the while pushing the envelope … Continue reading →
SIMONE FELICE Simone Felice Team Love 56 Team Love Web Site Simon Felice Web Site The quiet opening track’s first sentence (with its protagonist born on the fourth of July to a cop and a … Continue reading →
