Ben Hall - Ben Hall!
Every Monday morning, I post a review on an attention-grabbing album submitted via ReviewShine, and this week I've had the privilege to review Ben Hall's debut album, Ben Hall!.
Guitarist Ben Hall is a native of Okolona, Mississippi. His Merle-Travis-style of guitar playing
Jimmie Rodgers, the Blue Yodel, and a Young America
I recently read Nick Tosches’s Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock 'n' Roll (New York: Da Capo, 1984), and his great work inspired me to revisit the recordings of Jimmie Rodgers. I was intrigued with the mysteries I found buried in those old recordings. I know that
The great untold story of the New Orleans gospel genius Raymond Myles
Raymond Myles was like a comet shooting across the sky. He was here one minute: brilliant, incandescent and unmistakably unique. And then, just as quickly, he was gone.
A TASTE OF HEAVEN: The Heartbreak Life of Raymond Myles, Gospel Genius of New Orleans
takes us on Raymond's dramatic
Review of Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings
I was excited awhile back to read on No Depression that Buddy Miller was making an album with the great jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. Majestic Silver Springs, released this month, also features guitarists Marc Ribot and Greg Leisz and vocals by a number of artists, including Patty Griffin, Julie Miller,
Tribute for Another Underated guitarist, Tom Crain
Tom Crain was a guitar player and songwriter who was awesome. He was Charlie Daniels right hand man for 20 albums. He wrote songs like "In America", "Cumberland Mountain Number 9". He sort of had the bluegrass, acoustic side to him, but he and Charlie could
19th Century Songs
Over the course of the last year, I recorded a new EP called "19th Century Songs," which I will be self-releasing. The six songs are bound together by stories of the 19th century events that inspired them. A story of the Donner Party as seen through the