Author: Jeff Wall
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #71 Sep-Oct 2007
Stacie Collins – She’s ready now
Stacie Collins’ life would make a good country song. She’s been a stunt double, model, actress, ballroom dance instructor, courier, flower arranger, and caterer. She’s an actual Okie from Muskogee whose father was a musician. Her parents split when she was little; Stacie and her mother lived over the bar where Mom worked as a [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #70 July-August 2007
Fats Kaplin – Groove and vibe
Fats Kaplin can play just about anything with strings, and a lot of things without. He is renowned for his skill on fiddle, accordion, pedal steel, guitar, dobro, mandolin, and frying pan; in addition to being a world-class musician, Fats (he was once a skinny kid named Karl) is a formidable chef.
It all ties together [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #69 May-June 2007
Rich Brotherton – Ace of Austin
(Editor’s note: With this issue we begin a semi-regular feature profiling the supporting musicians who help make much of the music we spend our days listening to.)
Rich Brotherton is best known outside of Austin, Texas, as Robert Earl Keen’s guitar player. But in his adopted hometown he’s much, much more. There he’s also a celebrated [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #62 Mar-Apr 2006
Dave Knudsen – Teach your children? Well…
The third album from Dave Knudsen leads off with the subtle sounds of birds chirping and dogs barking, and then Knudsen’s voice, which sounds a lot like Steve Forbert — that is, if Forbert could sing. He makes J.J. Cale seem frantic and the Cowboy Junkies seem like dance music. The Weeping City is a [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #59 Sept-Oct 2005
New Grass Revival – Grass Roots: The Best Of New Grass Revival
Without the New Grass Revival, there would never have been a Leftover Salmon, String Cheese Incident, or Yonder Mountain String Band. The band formed in 1972 with Sam Bush (mandolin), Courtney Johnson (banjo), Curtis Burch (guitar) and Ebo Walker (bass); their rock ‘n’ roll attitude, long hair, extended jams, and adaptations of rock tunes brought [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #58 July-Aug 2005
Van Zant – Get Right With The Man
The third release by the Van Zant brothers, their first on a major label, is being marketed as a country record — no surprise, perhaps, since much of it sounds as if they are trying to emulate Montgomery-Gentry. To be fair, Montgomery-Gentry has always sounded like they are trying to emulate Lynyrd Skynyrd, so it [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #50 March-April 2004
David Childers & The Modern Don Juans – Room 23
David Childers’ latest disc is much more closely representative of the brilliance that radiates from the big man at his live shows than any of his previous releases have been. Produced by Don Dixon, Room 23 is country flavored, with occasional elements of roots-rock and English pop.
Childers plays his beat-up Gibson acoustic and is accompanied [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #50 March-April 2004
Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time – Lonesome Skynyrd Time: A Bluegrass Tribute To Lynyrd Skynyrd
There has been a plethora of bluegrass tributes to classic rock acts as of late. The majority seem to be done as some sort of tongue-in-cheek “ain’t we cute” type of affair. But unlike Hayseed Dixie or the recent series of Pickin’ On releases, Lonesome Skynyrd Time ain’t no joke.
Larry Cordle’s goal was to record [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #50 March-April 2004
Drive-By Truckers – Alley Cats (Richmond, VA)
A few years ago, you could have caught the Drive-By Truckers playing a small bar in Richmond such as Humphrey J’s or Poe’s and gotten an excellent view of the band. At that time, the Truckers still played mostly country music, and more often than not they came close to outnumbering the audience.
Since those days, [...]
Town and Country - Shorter Artist Feature from Issue #50 March-April 2004
Riley Baugus – Down from Cold Mountain
“As an old-time musician, I hope to take old-time music to a much broader audience,” Riley Baugus says. “If you notice, everyone who ever hears a banjo or fiddle stops and listens, usually tapping their foot and smiling. Most people like it I think, but it just doesn’t seem very cool to like it. That [...]
Shop Amazon by clicking through this logo to support NoDepression.com. We get a percentage of every purchase you make!
