'In the Ground' by the Gibson Brothers Soars
The Gibson Brothers' new recording, In the Ground from Rounder Records, stands out for its musicality, meaningfulness, and structure. Like a sophisticated classical song cycle, each song stands alone, but as a part of the greater whole each encompasses the Gibson Brothers' lives and experience, taking on a
Cayamo Pulls Out the Stops in Celebrating its 10th Anniversary
You've heard the phrase "captive audience." How about captive artists? That's the premise of the Cayamo experience: Take the cream of the crop of Americana talent, both established and bright up-and-comers, put them on a luxury cruise ship and mix in a
Donovan Woods — The EP After
After last years excellent Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled album. After working on not-quite-there songs which are too good to shelf. After proving himself a songwriter of worth — in my review of Hard Settle, I called him “top-percentile” because I did not want to go over
When Lucian Truscott Comes to Your Bob Dylan Class
Lucian King Truscott IV is, to quote Liz Imbrie in The Philadelphia Story (1940), no homespun tag. Its bearer has a long American heritage on both sides of his family: grandfather Lucian Truscott Jr. was a highly decorated World War II general; and grandmother Sarah Randolph was Thomas Jefferson'
Bombadil Transcends Barriers
If less is more, then it can easily be said that Bombadil’s latest offering, Fences, provides an abundance of musical wealth with an economy of means. Utilizing a small group of instruments - guitar, piano, upright bass, smatterings of percussion and electronic sounds - and combining them with vocal harmonies, they
Colin Hay Delivers His Best Effort Yet
It's been more than 30 years since the breakup of Men at Work, the band that brought Colin Hay global fame and a formidable number of hits. Their quirky new wave panache and goofy MTV videos aside, it was Hay’s spunky vocals that informed the core of