An American Original Releases An Exceptional Collection of Life Songs - First In 4 Decades
If you’re a fan of Bob Dylan, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Townes Van Zandt, Chip Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Lee Hazelwood and Buddy Miller you must already be familiar with the voice and exceptional varied facility of Kinky Friedman. A singer-songwriter, author, politician, and satirist who has been around the barn
A Contemplative Jeffrey Foucault
On his eleventh release, Blood Brothers, Jeffrey Foucault offers folkish soundscapes and accessible narratives, exploring such perennial themes as loneliness and the randomness of life. The album opens with “Dishes,” setting the introspective tone of the project. Foucault’s harmonies with wife Kris Delmhorst add compelling textures to the track,
Back to Chickasaw Land: Bobbie Gentry left Mississippi, but it never left her
by Tara Murtha
The first sound on Bobbie Gentry’s 1968 album The Delta Sweete is a single steel string plucked so hard the vibration buzzes into the microphone like a mosquito zipping too close to an eardrum. Gentry sings, “La la la la la” and then higher, with a
Free Range Americana Radio with Adam Phillips
As popular as Americana music has become, it is surprising that there are not that many full-time stations playing "our" music. WHAY in Whitley City, a town of only 1,500 people on the southern edge of Kentucky, is one of those stations. And they're doing
Randy Bachman on His Heroes and Favorite Albums
Randy Bachman says his musical heroes are “guys who don't stop, even though they can.”
He names 10 such heroes:Neil Young, Sting, EltonJohn, Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Bonamassa, Robert Plant, Willie Nelson,and Tony Bennett.
As Bachman heads for his 75th birthday this September,
Finding Florida's Soul
Pensacola, Gainesville, Greenville, Tallahassee, Orlando, and Miami aren’t the first cities that come to mind when you’re talking about soul music. Although country artists (the Bellamy Brothers, Bobby Braddock), rockers (Tom Petty, Don Felder, Bernie Leadon, Stephen Stills), and gospel singers (the Florida Boys Quartet, Ella Mae Wilson,