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Winter Harvest and Sara Trunzo Reviewed
April 11, 2025
Winter Harvest – Banditos
Guy Clark dreamed of himself and his grandpa as desperados waiting for a train. Warren Zevon was a desperado trying to forgo paying a big restaurant tab. And Waylon Jennings settled his love of bank robbing and bloodshed through songs that…
The Top 10 Songs by The Band
April 8, 2025
The Band suffered little in the way of self-confidence, hence the gutsy name. In fairness, this was an already legendary musical combo that had backed Bob Dylan for years by the time it recorded its legendary debut album. Yes, The Band is one of the greatest bands of all…
R SHEAVES and Matu Reviewed
March 31, 2025
R SHEAVES – it gets better
If you’ve heard one set of vocal auditions, I promise that you’ve heard them all, and you’ll know precisely what to expect next time you find yourself forced in this scenario. Everyone tries to be a soul singer, but few have the time…
Paul Nourigat and JW Francis x Paul Cherry Reviewed
March 21, 2025
Paul Nourigat – Imagined Places
The world of pop-rock music can be an amazing ally or a terribly depressing thing. If you’re a fan, you have to make way for both these things. You won’t be able to just erase the sadness that accompanies pop fantasies and keep…
Afton Wolfe and Romain Alix Reviewed
March 13, 2025
Afton Wolfe – Last King of the Blues
There are heroes who get statues in the town square once they no longer have the ability to enjoy their fame. And, then there are heroes who don’t need any fancy plaque telling the world of their achievements.
These…
Luna Keller - “Rescue Songs” Review
March 10, 2025
The fact that there aren’t a great many economically prosperous places left out in the Sun and blessed by eternally pleasant weather, can’t entirely be a coincidence. And, if it’s enough for the Sun’s rays to inspire, or their absence, to inspire a good or bad…
THE LINGO and Towne & Stevens Reviewed
February 25, 2025
THE LINGO – Tumblin’
The careers of the really great country singers rarely lasted very long. Sure, it was possible to go see some of them play live in their seventies or, maybe, older. But they weren’t the same people. How could they be?
The old…
Jason Matu and Thirsty Curses Reviewed
February 21, 2025
Jason Matu – Lost My Mojo (And Both of My Dogs)
Before you go out believing all of the movies about the rockstar way of life and decide to drop out of school, let me just stop you. You’re doing a wonderful thing! More people should do the same, and our collective…
All the 40 Bob Dylan Albums Ranked: The Midwestern Shakespeare
January 30, 2025
There’s Bob Dylan, Shakespeare and Michelangelo as far as many Western art fans are concerned. And, making my job of ranking the songwriter’s albums is the fact that he’s produced more material than his William and Mickey combined.
But Dylan’s…