Album Review: Feufollet's "En Couleurs"
Feufollet. En Couleurs.
2010. Feufollet Records.
I keep hearing that Feufollet are an “indie” Cajun band, and while it’s true that they do have a couple glockenspiel solos (no ironic beards though!) on their new album, I still think it’s a pretty different sound from most of the
Ray Price's "Night Life": An appreciation
Every once in a while, it is necessary to obsess about a song. And so I have come here to confess that Ray Price's 1963 recording of "Night Life" is so extraordinary as to be out of time, a singular event, a startling sound across the
Former Bonepony guitarist Bryan Ward returns in new country-funk act Thompson Ward
Guitarist Bryan Ward is no one-trick pony. Now the country-funk riffmeister and other half of the Mississippi duo Thompson Ward (http://www.thompsonward.com), Ward was once a Bonepony, though. Formed in Baltimore, Maryland in the late ‘80s, Bonepony grabbed their mandolins and fiddles and signed with Capitol Records. In
When Tanya won't be good no more - moving on with Frazey Ford
Obadiah
Review by Douglas Heselgrave
Oh, those early years of the twenty first century when Alt-country songs and the women who sang them stole our hearts! There was such a wealth of hurting progressive country tunes coming out around a decade ago that it was often easy to overlook what
Steve Earle's "Ellis Unit One" & the Supreme Court
In the last few weeks, recently retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John P. Stevens has been in the news for writing a book review, followed by an appearance on 60 Minutes. These recent stories about Justice Stevens and his changing views on capital punishment remind me of Steve Earle&
SHINE ON TONY JOE WHITE
[A few years back, Byron Bay, Australia]
The night had come down slowly, warm and beautiful, and I was waiting side of stage for the show to begin. There was a light coming from the artists' trailer behind me and it spilled over toward the stage.
Suddenly I was