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Beverly Smith & Carl Jones - Moving Lightly Through This World

A quick survey of recordings by contemporary old-time artists these days might well reveal a strong preference for dance music played by fiddle-driven string bands, with a few vocal numbers thrown in for good measure. This new disc by Beverly Smith & Carl Jones offers a differing perspective -- a

Various Artists - It'll Come To You:The Songs Of John Hiatt

The genius of John Hiatt's music is that his best songs are at once John Hiatt songs, Willie Nelson songs, Linda Ronstadt songs... At least 90 different artists have covered some 80 Hiatt tunes over the past three decades; and then there are Hiatt's nineteen solo

Howie Epstein: 1955 to 2003

For several years, hardly anyone in Santa Fe knew that Howie Epstein, longtime bass player for Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, lived in the area. That changed in the summer of 2001 when Epstein and his longtime girlfriend Carlene Carter were arrested in Albuquerque for heroin possession. Carter, daughter of

Johnny Paycheck: 1938 to 2003

Obituary writers remembered Johnny Paycheck, who died February 18 at age 64, as an outlaw. For proof, most cited his 1977 hit version of David Allan Coe's "Take This Job And Shove It", for better or worse his signature tune. His peers praised his artistry. Yet

Bill Monroe - Blue Moon Of Kentucky: 1936-1949

He was Uncle Pen incarnate, a snowy-haired, almost Biblical figure championing the purity of the music he created, seemingly poised to smite anyone who dared sully it. Six years after his death, that has become Bill Monroe's image beyond the bluegrass world. It's understandable, since in

BR549 - Temporarily Disconnected

Don't let the title fool you. On its first release with a new lineup, BR549 is connected as strongly as ever with the honky-tonk sound of yesteryear. The three originals and two covers that make up this EP showcase the band's shift away from the more

Various Artists - When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll

The advent of rock 'n' roll indisputably altered the course of American cultural history. It's virtually impossible to overstate how dramatically this society's music changed during the 1950s, but it is possible to undervalue every style, idiom and sound that led to the emergence