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Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo

Ry Cooder is an iconoclast and a searcher, and when he chooses his collaborators, he tends to ally himself with characters just as fiercely enigmatic. This is to be expected from a man who pores through discarded, cheap guitars, looking for a sound or tone he hasn't yet

Tommy Hancock & The Supernatural Family Band - At The Little Bear

For decades, Tommy and Charlene Hancock have been a force in Lubbock and Austin, credited by Sonny Curtis as an influence on Buddy Holly & the Crickets. Tommy X Hancock, the original Flatlanders fiddler and a patriarchal figure, became one of the original cosmic cowboys and, with his Supernatural Family

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

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

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

Saddlesong - Little by Little

Perhaps it's the voices of brothers Carter and Courtney Little that gain Saddlesong its somewhat unwanted recognition as a country act, especially when their harmony has that distinctive quality of classic sibling pairings. "If you do one song that sounds even remotely country, this town wants to

Bashful Brother Oswald: 1911 to 2002

Beecher Ray "Pete" Kirby, known to country music fans as Bashful Brother Oswald, died October 17. He was 90. Oswald was largely responsible for popularizing use of the dobro in country and bluegrass music, though in his long tenure as a member of Roy Acuff's Smoky