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Grant Britt

Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart

Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart

With a nasal twang and a pair of jeans shrink-wrapped to his slinky pelvis, Dwight Yoakam plowed a furrow across conventional country, bringing back the Bakersfield sound. But for the past few years, he's kept a low profile, going five years between Dwight Sings Buck and 2012'

Serpents of Reformation - David Childers

Lordy, lordy. David Childers has got religion. Anybody familiar with Childers' work won't be surprised to discover that his worship style is not the head-bowed, on your knees variety, however. Childers is more of an Old Testament type of guy -- a two-fisted, snake handling prophet, shouting

A Celebration of Blues and Soul: The 1989 Presidential Inaugural Concert - Various Artists

A Celebration of Blues and Soul: The 1989 Presidential Inaugural Concert - Various Artists

You might not agree with his politics, but the man sure knew how to throw a party. For his '89 inauguration gala, G.W. Bush the first hosted a musical shindig worthy of a superstar arena tour. The backing band was almost as impressive as the front line. Led

CD Review - Brandi Carlile "Bear Creek"

CD Review - Brandi Carlile "Bear Creek"

It’d be nice if Brandi Carlile would go ahead and jump the fence into country territory instead of straddling it. Based on her performance on her latest, Bear Creek, she’s a hell of a lot easier to listen to than 99 percent of the all hat and no

Eric Bibb / Habib Koite : Brothers In Bamako CD Review

Eric Bibb / Habib Koite : Brothers In Bamako CD Review

“It’s my first visit to West Africa, but I’m pretty sure it’s gonna feel like comin’ home,” Eric Bibb sings on his latest, Brothers in Bamako, a collaboration with Malian Habib Koite. It’s a great matchup: Bibb’s warm, buttery, soulful vocals fused with Koite’s

CD Review - John Hiatt "Mystic Pinball"

CD Review - John Hiatt "Mystic Pinball"

On the cover shot of his latest, Mystic Pinball, John Hiatt looks like a blurry version of Tom Waits. But when you open him up, it’s vintage Hiatt at his hyena-yowling best. “We’re All Right Now” is a great opener, the breakout single, blasting away with an instant

Swamp Nots

Swamp Nots

Swamp Nots Various Swamp Cats and Nots By Grant Britt Greensboro, North Carolina's Swamp Cats have had a thirty year love affair with hokum. A mix of jug band music, early jazz, Appalachian string band music, blues, and western swing, hokum’s roots go back to 1830s minstrel