Ten years as a band, and Centro-matic’s newest album has been heralded as the band’s best yet by peers like Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers. Will Johnson and company show a polish that has burned brighter with each proper release.
Stuart made an intimate show even more intimate.
Jay Farrar is a hard guy to follow. He
Johnny Cash famously took out an ad in Billboard magazine featuring a picture of himself flipping off the camera, sarcastically thanking Nashville and country radio for their support. It
With The Moon was Blue, Bobby Bare, son and friends create a very comfortable record: one that stands with great confidence in Bobby
The Outsider isn
The latest John Hiatt offering was produced by Jim Dickinson and features his two sons, Cody and Luther (from the North Mississippi Allstars) on guitar and drums. With impassionate lyrics, the singer/songwriter paints confessional narratives with a sundry assortment of styles.
Honky-tonk bars and love-sick cowboys aren’t exactly common on Long Island. And they certainly don’t make it into the New York punk scene. But somehow Earl Pickens managed to transition his Anti-Folk, East Village holler to more subdued, Lone Star drawl and do just that.
With all their talent, Bering Strait is bound to attract the kind of following of an influence like Nickel Creek.
Dwight Yoakam was too Country for Country when he debuted in 1986 and 2005 is no exception. In the era of candy coated Country, Dwight again finds himself the outsider. However, if the past is any indication of Yoakam
