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Grant Britt

Worried Fat Possum Blues

Worried Fat Possum Blues

Mama Possum has had a buncha babies, and they're all worrisome. But for those of us just listening in, the only thing worrisome about this ten-piece Fat Possum brood is which treasure to dive into first. R.L. Burnside, Reverend Gary Davis, Honeyboy Edwards, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip

Roy Orbison's Black and White Night Revisited

Roy Orbison's Black and White Night Revisited

The voice grabs you and wont let go. It's impossible to duplicate, a soaring, ethereal instrument that swoops and dips with a range few humans ever get within earshot of. Roy Orbison was a musical God, his songwriting skills just as awe-inspiring as his vocal abilities. His legacy

Delbert's Prickly Jazz

Delbert's Prickly Jazz

In 1954, when he was about 14, Delbert McClinton was walloped by a celestial dose of the blues. After a day of hunting in the woods of his native Fort Worth, Texas, McClinton heard a joyful noise wafting through the trees. “There was this bar-b-que joint, a black bar-b-que joint

Ray Charles' Atlantic Box

Ray Charles' Atlantic Box

He could get more out of a moan than many singers could wring out of a career. Ray Charles was the voice of pain, agony set to music that bared his soul and exposed his genius to the world. Rhino Records has resurrected Charles' early years on Atlantic with

The Gospel According to Peter May

The Gospel According to Peter May

There's an old rugged wooden cross standing in a weed strewn field. A battered resonator guitar with kudzu entwined round the neck leans against it. That stark image is the outside introduction to Winston-Salem, N.C. singer/guitarist Peter May's latest release, Blues and Gospel. On

Heartbreak Mountain Music

Heartbreak Mountain Music

If Steve Earle wore a dress, this is what he would sound like. Chelle Rose is Appalachian tuff. You can hear her hardscrabble raisin’ in her voice. There’s enough barbed wire twang in her voice to snap a fencepost in half should it be bold enough to try and

Blue Mountain's Dog Days

Blue Mountain's Dog Days

“Me and Laurie must have played every joint in Mississippi....anything to keep away from a real job,” says Dog Days founder/guitarist/vocalist Carrie Hudson. The result of all that joint jumpin' ended up being one of the most revered darlings of the Alt country scene in the