Review: Buck Owens - Bound for Bakersfield (Rockbeat, 2011)
Buck Owens - Bound for Bakersfield (Rockbeat, 2011)
Before signing with Capitol Records and pioneering new sounds in country music, Buck Owens recorded in the 1950s for Pep, and waxed a number of original demos. His earliest sides showed little of the invention and none of the electric sting he’d
Country Music Legend, George Jones, Records The Theme For Squidbillies
George Jones, a legendary country music singer of our time, recorded the theme song for the upcoming episode of Squidbillies premiering, Sunday, Oct. 2 at 11:45 p.m. (ET, PT) on Adult Swim. Watch behind-the-scenes footage of George Jones singing the track with a live band in
R.E.M: Perfect Circle
R.E.M officially called it quits this week, which triggered this ...
It is May 2001 and I’m walking northward on Yonge Street, the main artery through Toronto’s downtown core, puddle dodging and ears ringing with the lingering sound of R.E.M.’s just completed set. The
Review: James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (Audio Fidelity Remaster)
by S. Victor Aaron
Recorded in the waning days of the 60's, James Taylor's second album became one of a handful of albums that defined the pop and rock landscape in the immediate wake of the Beatles' breakup. Sweet Baby James needs no introduction to
Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
by S. Victor Aaron
Ever since Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi married in 2001, the two have frequently contributed to each other projects and performed together. But through (and likely because of) the rigors of The Allman Brothers, The Derek Trucks Band, Tedeschi's own band, and the rigors
The Gourds: Old Mad Joy
The Gourds recorded Old Mad Joy up at Levon Helm's barn, with former Bob Dylan sideman Larry Campbell on the controls. The album serves up tunes that are Gourd-like, with disconnected lyrics that defy narrative comprehension but sound really good, such as Melchert. But Old Mad Joy