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Thousand $ Car - Big Shot

The debut album by New Orleans roots-rockers Thousand $ Car suggests this is probably one of the best bar bands in that neck of the woods. That said, Big Shot is not groundbreaking and doesn't hold much of the flavor I'm guessing these guys can emit under

Red Star Belgrade - Where the Sun Doesn't Shine

One benefit of being a Neil Young acolyte is that you can be a follower and still head off in so many different directions. In general terms, Red Star Belgrade is Bill Curry's Ragged Glory band -- the one in which he lets the horses get a little

Julie Doiron - Loneliest In The Morning

On her sophomore solo disc, Canadian songstress Julie Doiron comes out swinging -- not with fists, but from a porch swing on a Sunday morning. Formerly of disbanded pseudo-psychedelic popsters Eric's Trip, Doiron previously had released an album on her own label, Sappy, under the moniker of Broken

Tom Skinner - Times Have Changed / Bob Childers - Nothin' More Natural

In Oklahoma there is a spirited roots-oriented music that is simply referred to as red dirt music. The tag didnt come from any record company publicist or music journalist but from the musicians themselves, who all migrated to the college town of Stillwater, Oklahoma in the 70s and 80s. This

Clodhopper - Old-school American Music

Late last summer, Clodhopper visited the Tractor Tavern in Seattle to open for the Red House Painters. My lasting impression turned out not to be from he headliner, but rather the opening act, which energized the crowd with their take on old-timey mountain songs and their quietly personal originals. Clodhopper&

Michael Parrish Band - Don't shoot me, I'm not the piano player

Anyone who ever did hang time with the late Townes Van Zandt has tales to tell, and Michael Parrish is no exception. First time they met, at a mid-'80s Townes gig in New England, where Parrish was then the piano-playing half of a country blues duo called the

Satchel's Pawn Shop - They may catch up with you

Louisville is best-known as a sports town. It's the home of the Kentucky Derby, the renowned Louisville Slugger baseball bats are made there, the University of Louisville has a fine men's basketball team, and it's the birthplace of Muhammad Ali. Until recently, the music