Posts Tagged ‘Dylan’
Tiny Television – Mission Statement (Magnolia Records)
Some artists sneak up on you from out of the haze of a purple dusk, tap you on the shoulder and hand you a precious box.
Tiny Television’s Mission Statement (Magnolia Records, 2009) is that box, a bejeweled wonder full of interesting compartments holding secret, shiny surprises that reveal themselves...
December 30th, 2009 | Features, Record Reviews, Reviews | Read More Taylor Holingsworth “Life With a Slow Ear” – Review
Taylor Holingsworth, guitarist of Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band, has slowly but surely made his own way into an Oberst-like spotlight. Growing up in Alabama, Taylor was hired as a back-up guitarist for several bands. In these bands, he mastered both the art of rhythmic rock tunes and the...
November 4th, 2009 | Features, Record Reviews | Read More Loudon Wainwright III – High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound Records)
Back in 1966 when Bob Dylan broke his neck in a motorcycle wreck, Loudon Wainwright III was among his possible successors (along with Springsteen, John Prine and Steve Forbert) – heaven forbid should Dylan not recover. At least that’s how Wainwright told it on “Talking New Bob Dylan” from his...
October 25th, 2009 | Features, Record Reviews | Read More Woody Guthrie – “My Dusty Road”
Woody Guthrie Rediscovered
It isn’t often that a legend gets the chance to be reborn, but listening to these four disks is like hearing Woody for the first time. His voice is clear on all of the tracks. The hiss and background noise that is so familiar to any Guthrie recording is virtually unnoticeable....
October 6th, 2009 | Record Reviews | Read More Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses “Roadhouse Sun” Lost Highway
With the addition of his new backing band, Ryan Bingham’s new release has a much more full sound than it’s predecessor, “Mescalito.” The Dead Horses sound like a good bar band should, and they give this album much more energy. At times, it almost feels like a live recording.
Lyrically, “Roadhouse...
September 29th, 2009 | Record Reviews | Read More Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ – Kevn Kinney Interview
As with so many great projects, the inspiration for The Great American Bubble Factory, Drivin’ N Cryin’s first new album in 12 years, came from an unexpected place: the dollar store.
“I was at the dollar store with my granddaughter buying some bubbles, and I saw on the label where the bubbles...
September 21st, 2009 | Features, Interviews | Read More J.H. Sitton “Losing Kind, Losing One” Avebury Records
J.H. Sitton is a man of many voices. His album, Losing Kind, Losing One explores a wide range of musical influence. But whether a song is reminiscent of Bob Dylan or Kurt Cobain, they are clearly creations of J.H. Sitton.
The album has a lo-fi sound in both production and style. Their is a hiss on some...
September 9th, 2009 | Record Reviews | Read More Interview: Larry Campbell
The average casual music fan probably hasn’t heard of Larry Campbell, yet he’s lived out the dreams of baby boomers everywhere who picked up guitar lessons to prove to their kids that they were once “cool.” He spent eight years rocking out with Bob Dylan and two years after that...
July 13th, 2009 | Features, Interviews | Read More Revival Tour (Frontman of Against Me!, Avail, Hot Water Music, and Lucero) – The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
by Jason Estopinal
November 1, 2008 – The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
Lined up like a row of raw unshucked corn, punk/folk/Americana pillars Tim Barry (Avail), Chuck Ragan (Hot Water Music, Rumbleseat), Ben Nichols (Lucero), and Tom Gabel (Against Me!) crowded the stage to a sold out audience...
November 3rd, 2008 | Concert & Tour Reviews | Read More Husk – interview
By Travis Mamone
Husk is a new hard rocking band deeply rooted in the sounds and feelings of the old South. They mix the old-school twang of Hank and Merle with the classic Southern Rock of Lynard Skynard. And did I mention these guys are from Canada? I recently had the opportunity to do an email...
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Phil Vassar: I did it my way December 30, 2009 17:12 -
CMP Talks with Rosanne Cash about life, her legendary father and her extraordinary new album. November 17, 2009 11:11 -
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Dan Tyminski (Alison Krauss/Soggy Bottom Boys) August 31, 2009 19:08 -
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Larry the Cable Guy December 17, 2008 18:12 -
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Charlie Daniels November 18, 2008 00:11 -
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