CD review: Eilen Jewell Presents Butcher Holler
EILEN JEWELL PRESENTS BUTCHER HOLLER
A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
Out July 27
One day last summer, instead of coming straight home from work, I decided to head to the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge for a show by a group called Butcher Holler. Full disclosure: I knew what I was
Janis Joplin, Townes Van Zandt and Stevie RayVaughan Among Inductees To Austin Music Memorial
The Austin Music Memorial, which honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the development of the Austin music community, will induct 10 more local music pioneers on July 11 — and this year, it’s a group heavy with household names and well-known Texas icons.
The induction ceremony will take
Review: Tom Jones- Praise and Blame
In 1969, when Elvis Presley made his return to live performing at Las Vegas's International Hotel (later to be renamed the Las Vegas Hilton) his goal was to create a musical experience that contained all of the great forms of American music: folk, pop, rock, country, blues, R&
Marty Robbins' El Paso Trilogy: Part 3
From Carnival Saloon 23/06/10
El Paso City
The final part of Marty Robbins' El Paso trilogy, after the original massive hit and its eight-minute follow-up Feleena, must be one of the oddest songs in his catalogue.
By the early 70s Robbins was as interested in Nascar racing
Marty Robbins' El Paso Trilogy: Part 2
Revised version of post from Carnival Saloon (21/06/10)
In my previous post I wrote how Marty Robbins had to fight his record label bosses to release El Paso in 1959 because they felt it was too long and too wordy. Marty won and the song became a Grammy-winning
Review: Jimmy Webb- Just Across the River
Allow me to begin by saying that the only reason why Jimmy Webb isn't included in the same category as Dylan, Paul Simon, Lennon-McCartney, and the other great songwriters of that era is that he was unable to translate his success as a songwriter into success as a