Rarest Northwest Records: Rollie Webber (& Buck Owens) "Tired of Living" (1959)
Among the thousands of records produced in the Pacific Northwest since the very first musical recording was cut here in Seattle way back in 1923, are a number that cross-over into two notable categories: awesome music and rare as hell. I mean: music which is so outstanding that its obvious
I’m Gonna Shout: Fred McDowell’s “Amazing Grace”
www.letusmakearecord.com
There are certain discoveries you make in life that downright throw you off your metaphysical balance; that completely rewire your thinking patterns. I had encountered Dylan in high school, and though his music had left me shaken, it was nothing compared to the two cds of field
Album Review: Sweet Wednesday
Artist: Sweet Wednesday
Album Title: Escaping from the Pale Moonlight
If Natalie Merchant and Neil Young were to form a band, the result wouldn’t be distant from Sweet Wednesday’s harmonious mélange of folk, country, and roots rock. Name-dropping such iconic figures may seem like hyperbole in describing a
From lash to cash: one step on the path to the blues
From : www.myblues.eu
The lineage of the blues to the African-American slave field hollers, work songs and spirituals has been endlessly repeated. Plenty of historical overviews highlight how these vocal articulations echoed African cultural elements, and how their characteristics have had a defining impact on the development of the
Review of new Mike Alan Ward CD. He finishes a previously unpublished Gram Parsons song
Mike Alan Ward
“Reading Hemingway: Looking Through the Pain”
Mud Bug Records
When Gram Parsons died at age 26 in 1973, he left behind a notebook he had filled with everything from doodles to shopping lists and the occasional song idea.
That notebook, more than 30 years later, wound up
Singer-Songwriters of the Calgary Roots Scene Part 1: Tom Phillips
Leader of the local country scene, Tom Phillips generates awe and envy wherever he goes in Calgary. Other country singers are persistent in their efforts to reach his level of success, and his audience treats him like the local celebrity he has become. With a catalogue of jumpin’ honky tonk