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
Marc Broussard on the Inspirations Behind Music That's 'Greasier Than Most'
The members of Southern Soul Assembly may not be as high profile as other so-called “super groups”— the Traveling Wilburys immediately come to mind — but, after two tours, the Southern powerhouse has plenty of concertgoers begging for more.
Southern Soul Assembly consists of four recording artists with deep catalogs—Marc
Karen Miller Tells Her Tale
Karen Miller, host of The Miller Tells Her Tale podcast and Now That's Americana on CMR Nashville, was one of the first music podcasters I heard and I always admired her passion, as well as her Scottish accent. Now we get to find out about her influences and
Sparkling, Consistent & Potent Jonatha Brooke Collection -- Features Eric Bazilian
My first introduction to Massachusetts’ Jonatha Brooke was when she released two albums as a duo called The Story with her partner in crime and also a fine solo artist Jennifer Kimball (“Veering from the Wave”). The Story, I will admit, were two albums I picked out of a $1.
Bob and the Band at the Brickyards: Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan first headed up the Hudson River to Ulster County, New York, almost 55 years ago. After Albert Grossman became his manager, in mid-1962, Dylan regularly skipped out of Manhattan to visit Grossman and his wife, Sally, in Bearsville. The sign on Route 212 in Bearsville says it was
Seattle's Skyboys--- The Lost Album
The Skyboys were about the best thing Seattle had going for it back in the late-seventies and early-eighties. I remember coming out of the record store I worked at on a rainy night and seeing lines around the block of people willing to brave the weather for a chance to