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Billy Jack Wills And His Western Swing Band - Self-Titled

While Billy Jack Wills may not be nearly as well-known as brothers Bob and Johnnie Lee, he and his short-lived band created some of the most exciting and innovative Western swing ever recorded. The youngest of the Wills brothers, Billy Jack got his start playing in his older brothers'

Caution Horse - Trust the man with the star

Everyone knows about The Arch, but most people don't realize St. Louis has a Walk of Fame. In U City, the neighborhood around Washington University, the sidewalks are decorated with large bronze stars naming important cultural figures who have ties to St. Louis. Actress Betty Grable, fastballer Bob

Acetone - I Guess I Would

Well there it was, September. It was already gettin' chilly, it was raining, like it's known to do occasionally up here in Maine, the landscape was quickly emptying out, and I got a call from my first love. We hadn't spoken in some time. How

Blue Rodeo - Nowhere to Here

On Blue Rodeo's Five Days In July album of a couple years back, the band consistently produced track after track of terrific country-flavored rock 'n' roll. A very successful, very talented quintet with platinum sales in their Canadian homeland, they've been trying to crack

Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad

Directing his artistic vision outward again, Bruce Springsteen returns to the role of social critic. The album and its 12 songs will inevitably draw comparisons to the 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, an accidental collection of lost characters, bad luck, and meanness. Recalling that album, Springsteen said in 1990 that he hadn&

Dwight Yoakam - Gone

Let's cut to the chase: Gone is Dwight Yoakam's best record. The writing is top notch--all the heartbreak and loneliness we've come to expect. That voice, oh that voice: it's still the epitome of high and lonesome. And Gone isn't

The John Doe Thing - Kissingsohard

On his first solo album, Meet John Doe, the vocals were pushed forward as far as possible, establishing Doe as a frontman in the wake of the temporary demise of X. Combined with unimaginative roots-pop arrangements the results were somewhat less than spectacular. Not surprisingly the album was quickly forgotten.