Archives for 2007 » May
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Lucy Kaplansky – Over The Hills
There is a serenity, a stillness, in Lucy Kaplansky’s work that almost deflects attention; it’s a quality that may have contributed to her being overlooked in the AOR/post-folk world of Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, et al. On her sixth solo outing since 1994, Kaplansky is joined by a core group of string wizards (Larry [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Sarah Shannon – City Morning Song
Sarah Shannon earned a reputation for her striking vocals in her days with 1990s indie-rockers Velocity Girl. On her second solo album, Shannon pushes further away from her rock past with a memorable collection of light and breezy adult pop. The influence of Burt Bacharach’s distinctive compositional style is evident throughout as her gorgeous vocals [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Tom Brosseau – Grand Forks
Grand Forks features Great Flood songs set to Dust Bowl music with a vaporously angelic voice hovering above it all. Devastation, struggle, survival, tenacity and optimism all battle it out on this gritty collection of songs chronicling the 1997 Red River flood that washed out 90 percent of downtown Grand Forks and displaced 10 percent [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Jon Byrd – Byrd’s Auto Parts
It wouldn’t take the “Perfect World” Jon Byrd sings about with such wistful, regretful finesse on this disc for more people to know him as the terrifically accomplished, versatile country singer he is — just one reasonably open to fresh names who are not brand new kids on the block. A veteran of the [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Roddy Hart – Bookmarks
Scottish wunderkind Roddy Hart has the heart and soul of a Nebraska farm hand. Tough, sentimental and straightforward, the songs collected on Bookmarks, his surprising debut, bear all the hallmarks of classic Americana. Hart’s big-eyed, yearning prose and wide-open sound goes well with Springsteen and Earle, two obvious influences; his supporting cast here includes such [...]
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Mark Spoelstra
Folk/blues guitarist Mark Spoelstra died of pancreatic cancer February 25 in Pioneer, California. He ran with Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs in the early ’60s and recorded as a singer-songwriter for Folkways, Elektra and Columbia. He retired from music in 1973, returning with Out Of My Hands in 2005. He was 67.
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Paul Delay
Northwest blues guitarist Paul deLay died March 7 in Portland, Oregon, of leukemia. He was 55.
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Buck Jones
Country singer Buck Jones was killed by a drunk driver March 17 while trying to get a flat tire repaired near Royce City, Texas. He released an album called Lucky Star on Western Beat/New Light, and had worked with Jim Lauderdale, Allison Moorer, and Jon Byrd. He was 33.
Farther Along - Obituary from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Luther Ingram
Songwriter Luther Ingram died of complications from diabetes March 19 in Belleville, Illinois. He wrote “If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want To Be Right)” and had a #1 R&B hit with the song in 1972. During his five-year association with Stax, Ingram co-wrote (with Sir Mack Rice) the Staple Singers’ “Respect Yourself”. He [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Besnard Lakes – Are The Dark Horse
As stated by the title of their second full-length, the Besnard Lakes have indeed been something of a dark horse on the Montreal music scene. While the Arcade Fire, Stars, and Wolf Parade have been embraced as genuine indie-rock royalty, this collective’s core duo of Olga Goreas and Jace Lasek toil in relative obscurity. That’ll [...]
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