Gary Stewart: 1945 to 2003
Thirty years ago, Gary Stewart's crazed intensity sparked and glowed like a neon bar sign across a Nashville struggling to cope with Outlaws, long-haired men, loud guitars and blue jeans. His voice was a serrated nerve ending; his leonine mane and lithe presence stood out in a time
David Childers & The Modern Don Juans - Room 23
David Childers latest disc is much more closely representative of the brilliance that radiates from the big man at his live shows than any of his previous releases have been. Produced by Don Dixon, Room 23 is country flavored, with occasional elements of roots-rock and English pop.
Childers plays his
Tom Russell - Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs
Tom Russell has long felt a kinship with the American West, examining its people, land and history. On Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs, his third album in the cowboy/western genre, he explores that tradition and adds to it with a well-executed set of originals and covers.
Tonight We Ride mixes
Abra Moore - Everything Changed
Six years ago, Abra Moore seemed on the verge of a mainstream breakthrough with her Grammy-nominated single "Four Leaf Clover" and the superb album from which that song sprang. As so often happens, however, circumstances conspired to scuttle her burgeoning stardom, even as Moore acolytes such as Michelle
Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter
Give Natalie Merchant credit. Freed from a major-label contract, she might easily have elected, with her first independently released solo album, to give full expression to a sense of social consciousness that's sometimes been overbearing. Instead, on The House Carpenter's Daughter, she unfurls interpretations of traditional
Bernie Leadon - Mirror
Though erstwhile Eagle/Flying Burrito Brother Bernie Leadon has worked with scores of artists, it's been over a quarter-century since his name topped the marquee, on 1977's Natural Progressions by the Bernie Leadon/Michael Georgiades Band. Intriguingly, the self-released Mirror feels out-of-time, touching on styles drawn