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Grant Alden

Various Artists - Twisted Willie

I got this phone call kind of late one weeknight from Randall Jamail, and it was later in Houston where he was calling from. He wanted to tell me that Kelley Deal and Kris Kristofferson were going to be recording Willie Nelson's "Angel Flying Too Close To

Various Artists - Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver

Theres a race of men that dont fit in, A race that cant stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. * Robert Service, The Men That Dont Fit In (ca. 1907) After the loneliness passes and it does, three or

Various Artists - Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver

There's a race of men that don't fit in, A race that can't stay still; So they break the hearts of kith and kin, And they roam the world at will. -- Robert Service, "The Men That Don't Fit In"

Patty Griffin - Living With Ghosts

Patty Griffins debut is in most ways a simple affair, 10 songs presented with only her voice and guitar for company. Her voice, however, travels an uncertain road, with stops to visit Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman. Left to her own, Griffin has a strong, sometimes

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Long Way Home

Gatemouth Brown is 72 years of lean American history. His music remains vital, despite his age, and spans an enormous repertoire of styles. Legend has it he picked up T-Bone Walker's ax during a break at Houston's Golden Peacock in 1947, and made $600 (and an

Johnny Cash / Mark Lanegan - Rose Gardens (Portland, OR)

Rosy-fingered dusk tripped slowly down green terrace steps, folding chairs, sculpted roses, and halfway through Mark Lanegan's second solo show settled an indirect glow across the stage. All in the time it took Lanegan to work through a half-dozen songs from his two solo albums and Willie Nelson&

Tarnation - Gentle Creatures / Paula Frazer - The Hand (7-inch)

Paula Frazer's voice swoops like a barn swallow on the last day of fall, riding hot currents for the pleasure of swooping and dipping, and not altogether concerned with destination. Hers is a beautiful voice, pure and limber. Gentle Creatures is the second offering from the San Francisco