A Rousing 1st New Album In 14 Years Celebrates Procol Harum's 50th Anniversary 1967-2017
I’m not saying it is…but, this could very well be one of the best Procol Harum albums ever conceived or at best – one among many. I don’t impress easily but this album is impressive out of the starting gate. Virtually every track has moments of brilliance. Gary
Culture and Struggle
In July of 1959, armed officials raided the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, during the final night of a weeklong leadership workshop for black and white participants of the burgeoning civil rights movement. They cut off the lights for nearly two hours, searched the building, assaulted some of those
Sarah Shook Gives No F***s
Sarah Shook is not concerned with sounding pretty for you. But that’s what makes her music so damn beautiful. On her new record Sidelong, Shook and her band the Disarmers have created a throwback punk-country love letter to drinking. Shook has a rough-around-the-edges twang with a slight quiver that
Country, Plain and Simple with Dallas Wayne
I first heard of Dallas Wayne from his albums in the early 2000's on the venerable HighTone Records. Back then, I'd take a chance and buy an album because of the label's reputation. I was rarely disappointed by HighTone artists. Wayne's "
John Jorgenson's Eclectic Taste: From Django Reinhardt to the Who
John Jorgenson’s guitar playing was impressive when I saw him perform with the Desert Rose band at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Casino in 2010 and at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in Framingham, Massachusetts, four years later. But those performances were nothing like last summer when he brought his
A Proper Introduction To Sarah Jarosz
Another Friday night in Raleigh and I once again found myself at a concert by someone I’d been hearing about for a while but hadn’t really taken the time to listen to. Since my music loving friends (and trusted publications like No Depression) would never steer me wrong,