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Woody Guthrie Tribute - (Cleveland, OH)

One of the stated missions of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is education, and it certainly fulfilled that goal with a week-long celebration of Woody Guthrie in late September. A series of seminars, films and other activities was capped by two tribute concerts September 28-29 at different venues

Various Artists - Sweet Relief II: Gravity of the Situation the Songs of Vic Chesnutt

The story goes that on the day Vic Chesnutt recorded the song "Guilty By Association" for his 1995 album Is The Actor Happy?, he asked his pal Michael Stipe to stop by the studio to add backing vocals. The song tells the tale of a struggling artist obscured

Steve Forbert - Rocking Horse Head

The tenderness and longing expressed on Steve Forbert's new album, especially the way he wraps these emotions up in his warm, sandpapery vocals, at times recalls early Rod Stewart classics such as "Handbags and Gladrags" and "An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You

Iris Dement - The Way I Should

If June and Ward Cleaver had conceived a daughter -- in addition to Wally and the Beav -- and that daughter had been a folk singer, the third Cleaver child very well could have been Iris DeMent. DeMent appears to share many traits with the Cleaver household -- she'

George Jones - I Lived to Tell it All

Garth Brooks may be country music's answer to Billy Joel, and Travis Tritt its Elton John (check out "Up Against the Wall" off his new album, The Restless Kind), but the beauty of George Jones is that, no matter what he does, he'll never

Jonell Mosser - Around Townes

Lacking the flamboyant vocal range of Jonell Mosser, Townes Van Zandt couldn't sing his own songs like this if he tried. And since his laconic restraint is such an integral trait of his artistry, he likely wouldn't if he could. Even so, my guess is that

Giant Sand - Official Bootleg Series, Vol. 1

Will Giant Sand ever be a smidgen more definable? Will they ever sound slightly more commercial? Will they ever behave in an ambitious manner that behooves their potential greatness? It doesn't seem likely. Flying in the face of corporate assembly-line logic, Giant Sand records music, somehow manages to