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Record Review from web archive January 31, 2009

Drew Blackard

If you think that Right About Now I’d Like To Move To Austin And Buy A Purple House is a rather long title for a record, know that it’s also the title of the first song on this five-track EP – and that the song is seven and a half minutes long.
Know, also, that the [...]

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Record Review from web archive January 30, 2009

Mickeys

Walk Along is the second album from the Mickeys, a duo of lovely, talented twin sisters from Michigan who sing heartfelt songs in the kind of dulcet harmonies only siblings can. The album should swell the ranks of their following here and overseas (they’ve done a couple of European tours), and will no doubt please [...]

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Feature from web archive January 30, 2009

Lost Crusaders: Praise the lord and pass the maracas

For many years Michael Chandler has been on a journey – sure, you can go ahead and call it a crusade – to a place where he could make an album like Have You Heard About The World? A gospel record with indie pedigree, country-soul undercurrents, and a take-responsibility message. A gospel record on which [...]

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Record Review from web archive January 29, 2009

Andy Friedman & the Other Failures

“I haven’t been to the lake since music’s mystery has been replaced.” For many musicians, this would be a profoundly sad lyric, but “Weary Apology”, the second-to-last song on Weary Things, doesn’t have such a feel. Instead, it’s a nostalgic look at accomplishments, a mixture of past joys and current responsibilities which is echoed in [...]

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Column from web archive January 28, 2009

R.E.M.’s still-echoing Murmur

Recently, through the networking magic of Facebook, I reconnected with an acquaintance from my university days for the first time in more than twenty years. During the brief, ensuing exchange of memory-lane messages, she recalled that way back in early ’80s, I was the first person to introduce her to the music of R.E.M.
In the [...]

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Record Review from web archive January 28, 2009

Fiction Family

The fact that Hear Music, the label which keeps the front counters at Starbucks littered with CDs, was the initial home to this debut collaboration signals what’s in store: sunny folk-pop that goes well with caffeine and the Sunday paper.
But Jon Foreman and Sean Watkins demonstrate deeper into this album that they have far adventuresome [...]

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Record Review from web archive January 27, 2009

Mark Olson & Gary Louris – Hawks of a different feather

We each inevitably hear music in the particular ways that we do at least partly because of all that we’ve heard before – because of the context and expectations we bring to new work. For instance, many of us have anticipated Ready For The Flood, an album by Mark Olson & Gary Louris, in light [...]

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Record Review from web archive January 26, 2009

April Verch

You may not recognize the name, but seven albums into a sixteen-year career, Canadian musician April Verch has gained an audience far beyond her native Ottawa Valley. The accomplished fiddler and stepdancer brings a wealth of talent and creativity to her latest release, on which she’s supported by an impressive cast of acoustic musicians and [...]

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Column from web archive January 26, 2009

Change is gonna do ya good:
The music of Otis Gibbs

One of my favorite songs of this still-fresh century is Otis Gibbs’ “I Wanna Change It”. From his album One Day Our Whispers, it’s an inspiring sing-along that has only grown in relevance since its release in 2004. Allow me to quote from the song at length. Gibbs sings:
There’s been an awful lot of talk [...]

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Live Reviews from web archive January 25, 2009

Connie Smith

You may imagine that seeing a full-force, honky-tonk-loaded set from the great Connie Smith and her crack band is commonplace in Nashville, seeing as how she’s on this town’s Grand Ole Opry radio broadcasts regularly, and more recently is also seen doing a number or two on her husband’s lively Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV [...]

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From the Blogs

  • The Felice Brothers On Tour
    The Felice Brothers will be hitting the road again this summer with a stop at the Newport Folk Festival August 1st before heading to Europe for several engagements. Upon their return to the U.S. in September the band will perform shows in Nashville, Sante Fe, San Francisco, Denver, Detroit, Washington and… […]
  • Freight Train Boogie podcast #80
    TIM O'BRIEN's new CD, Chicken & Egg is featured on show #80. Also new music from ROMAN CANDLE, STONEHONEY and CHATHAM COUNTY LINE. The full playlist is posted below. Check the artist's w… […]
  • Hot Rize / Red Knuckles tour announced
    Eight shows in late October early November. Featuring the astounding Bryan Sutton, Tim O'Brien, Nick Forster and Pete Wernick. This outfit rarely plays more than a few festivals per year so catch them when they stop at your local honky tonk. ' /> […]

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  • Most depressing albums of all time?
    A sad song on an album is expected, but an album full of depression and substance abuse is genius. I'm wondering, what are some of your favourite albums - sad or not - that manage to tear you up/depress the hell out of you? […]
  • A review of Mark Erelli's "Hillbilly Pilgrim"
    "Turn the lights off, close your eyes, and you might actually think you're sitting at a stage-side table in a roadhouse on a two-lane somewhere between, say, Austin and Laredo." Read the rest of the review here: http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=1896 The album's been out for a while. Anyone have an favorite tracks? I […]
  • What is the best Son Volt album?
    I'm kinda digging these guys. A local record store has a bunch of their CDs used ($5 each). I might run by after work and grab one or two. What would you say are their best albums? In case they don't have what you consider to be their top album, what are the next best ones? Also, I'll go ahead and welcome myself to the board. I'm just st […]

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