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Al Kooper / Mike Bloomfield / Stephen Stills - Super Session

Contrary to Al Kooper's assertion in the liner notes that this music "has amazingly found itself timeless," Super Session is very much tied to its times: 1968. (Being reissued or used in films is not the same as being timeless.) The project brought together members of

Elvin Bishop Group - Self-Titled/Feel It!/Rock My Soul

Can you be a rock star if the voice that is most readily comparable to yours is that of Andy Devine's? Devine, you may recall, was the comic actor with a cracked voice who appeared in a zillion movies and TV shows. Elvin Bishop sounds just like him.

Warren Zevon - The First Sessions

These four discs represent the first, tentative steps at getting Warren Zevon's back catalog in order. Wile it's nice to have this material available again, it also represents, disappointingly, a series of missed opportunitiesFirst things first: The First Sessions is a true archaeological dig, and places

Townes Van Zandt - In the Beginning

No one would ever mistake Townes Van Zandt for Red Foley, not even before the ravages of drugs and booze rendered his vocals brittle and unsure; near the end, his voice was the sound of dissipation itself. And it'd be a stretch to say that Townes is crooning

Townes Van Zandt's Sixth Annual Wake - Old Quarter (Galveston, TX)

"Thank you for coming. Townes will be late, as usual," Rex Bell, owner of the Old Quarter and MC for the evening, wryly noted after opening this year's wake with a foot-thumping rendition of Van Zandt's gospel-tinged "Two Hands". Marking the seventh

Rosanne Cash- The long journey home

If looks could kill, the cover shot of Rosanne Cash's 1985 album Rhythm & Romance would have landed her on somebody's most wanted list. Staring hard into the camera, a country-rock femme fatale in boudoir white, she dared you to crack wise about her shoulder-padded jacket,

Hardcore Troubadour: The Life And Near Death Of Steve Earle

It's a good thing that Steve Earle likes to talk, because it seems like he's always got a lot of explaining to do. Earle once turned up late for a concert in Atlanta, forcing headliner Rosanne Cash to go on before him -- not a big