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Completed after his death in 2002, Blue To This Day is nonetheless of a piece with the rest of Mickey Newbury's splendid catalog. It affords one final chance to enjoy the studio presence of this quintessential American singer-songwriter, but it also provides his perfectly attuned musical confederates with

With its two-man membership, the Virginia-to-L.A.-and-back-again duo House Of Freaks might have been better named Foyer Of Freaks. That said, the pair -- guitarist-vocalist Bryan Harvey and percussionist supreme Johnny Hott -- were able to generate a genuine musical ruckus, with Hott's personality-filled pounding a perfect

As the cover blurb from critic Ed Ward attests, this five-piece band "was arguably the last great progressive country band Austin produced." Whiskey Drinkin' Music was fronted by Jon Emery and Leroy Preston. The latter, who'd left Asleep At The Wheel a year before co-launching

This is probably the least likely record to come out this year -- so far, at least. Its full title might actually be The Flatlanders Live At The One Knite, Austin, TX, June 8th, 1972, depending on how you read the CD cover. The longer title starts to tell the

Eddie Hinton is among the most overlooked artists of the last 40 years. He was an incredible songwriter, a near-legendary session guitarist, and one of the finest soul singers of all time. He was also a deeply troubled man whose personal demons frequently threatened to undermine his enormous talent. Nine