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Koerner, Ray & Glover - (Lots More) Blues, Rags And Hollers

A trio of Minnesotans steeped in the country blues tradition, Koerner, Ray & Glover emerged as one of the best and most popular groups on the burgeoning '60s blues-folk revival scene. "Spider" John Koerner, Dave "Snaker" Ray and Tony "Little Sun" Glover recorded

Mekons - I Have Been To Heaven And Back: Hen's Teeth And Other Lost Fragments Of Unpopular Culture, Vol. 1

Fifteen-odd years into the digital age, and I still don't know what to call these damn things -- odds and sods, scrap piles, dung heaps. But no matter what you call them, these collections of outtakes, soundtrack contributions, EP cuts and other artistic detritus are as ubiquitous to

Townes Van Zandt - A Far Cry From Dead

Like Dock Boggs, Townes Van Zandt was obsessed with death. Both men were shadowed by their own mortality, obsessing over it and collapsing under it time and again in song. Both men ran from death in their early years, but accepted its haunting abide later in life. On Boggs'

Alexander "Skip" Spence - Oar

Chances are you've heard of Alexander "Skip" Spence, but you probably haven't heard him. You have, actually, in a sense at least, if you own either of the first two Moby Grape albums. During his 1966-68 stint in the legendary San Francisco band, Spence

Monte Warden - Putting the wheels back on the wagon

"With all of my songwriting -- from the Wagoneers to yesterday -- my heart is firmly painted on my sleeve," says Monte Warden. "I leave to nothing to irony or conjecture; you know exactly what my songs are about." From the song titles on his Asylum

Dave Moore - Nine years later, but better late than never

Dave Moore has been something of an enigma throughout his career. A singer of great warmth, resonance and passion, a songwriter of startling clarity, and a masterful musician on guitar, harmonica and button accordion, Moore, has nevertheless remained in the 'best kept secret' category for much of the

Baseboard Heaters - Fire down below

It's a typical follow-your-dream story. Rob Stroup was in tenth grade and Matt Brown in eighth when they started playing music together in the small town of Newberg, Oregon. Brown went off to Denton, Texas, for college, where he caught the live music bug following a local band