Author: Tom Wilmeth
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #35 Sept-Oct 2001
Clark Family Experience – Rainbow Summer (Milwaukee, WI)
“Would you care to pray with us?” asks a member of the band. Stunned, the confused local radio announcer suddenly tries to look busy and excuses himself from the group’s pre-performance tradition. And if this backstage encounter was unexpected, the audience, too, was about to witness some unlooked-for turns from the six brothers of the [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #23 Sept-Oct 1999
Bela Fleck – The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 2
Bela Fleck says everything he plays is “colored by the bluegrass heartland,” which would seem a self-evident statement for a banjo player. But since the early 1990s, Fleck and his band, the Flecktones, have repeatedly taken the banjo to uncharted realms, from Chick Corea-inspired chord-change exercises to performing with the Boston Symphony. On his new [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #21 May-June 1999
Wilf Carter – Cowboy Songs
Let us now praise consistency. Bear Family’s latest collection of recordings by Wilf Carter (popularly known as Montana Slim) demonstrates how the style of this cowboy singer from Nova Scotia remained absolutely unchanged throughout his life. The eight-CD set chronicles sessions from December 1933 through late 1941, and the first song is largely interchangable with [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #20 March-April 1999
Wilf Carter – Cowboy Songs
Let us now praise consistency. Bear Family’s latest collection of recordings by Wilf Carter (popularly known as Montana Slim) demonstrates how the style of this cowboy singer from Nova Scotia remained absolutely unchanged throughout his life. The eight-CD set chronicles sessions from December 1933 through late 1941, and the first song is largely interchangable with [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #19 Jan-Feb 1999
Everly Brothers – Riverside Theatre (Milwaukee, WI)
The Delmore Brothers and the Louvin Brothers have long since passed into history as performing duos. But while Don & Phil Everly will always be seen as newcomers compared to these earlier brother harmony groups, they honored the past with style and recounted their own important legacy during a recent stop in Milwaukee. One might [...]
Not Fade Away - Reissue Review from Issue #18 Nov-Dec 1998
Eddy Arnold – The Tennessee Plowboy And His Guitar
Eddy Arnold is the most successful performer ever to appear on the Billboard Top Country Singles chart. His sustained dominance included 43 Top Ten hits from 1945–51 alone. It is understandable if this comes as a surprise. Prior to the release of this five-CD set, it was impossible to locate most of the man’s numerous [...]
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