Bob Dylan Tribute - Town Hall (New York, NY)
Sometimes, tributes that sound like a bad idea wind up surprising you. The initial hesitation when you scan a suspect list of guests evaporates once the event begins. As accolade follows accolade, the event is turning out better than expected. And by the end of the evening, you're
Harry Smith Project - UCLA Royce Hall (Westwood, CA)
"Harry Smith's shining down on us," exclaimed a stately Marianne Faithfull early into a five-hour tribute to the legendary music archivist and Beat Generation Renaissance man. While Smith's monumental 1952 Anthology Of American Folk Music frequently has been credited with fathering the 1960s folk
Fred Eaglesmith - Live In Santa Cruz: Ralphs Last Show
Fred Eaglesmith must have known that longtime bass player Ralph Schippers last show with the band would be one for the ages, so he decided to record it for posterity. The result of that night in California has yielded this 24-song double-disc of Eaglesmith and his band, the Flying Squirrels
Lloyd Cole - The Negatives
There was a time when Lloyd Cole, along with his Commotions, inspired anticipation with each new release, and rightly so. Coles cool smooth vocals, supple guitar and smoldering pop songs made him the pouting post-new-wave poster boy for brainy rock n roll.
Cole broke up the Commotions after just three
Lucero - Self-Titled
Reading the liner notes for Luceros self-titled debut album, its no surprise to see that brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson (of the Grammy-nominated North Mississippi Allstars) had a hand in making this record. Like N.M.A., Memphis-based Lucero successfully combines punk-rock and geographic roots with an authenticity few other
Mark Lanegan - Field Songs
Mark Lanegan is what the late Bill Hicks wouldve called a six-lighters-a-day man, sounding not only like he smokes cigarettes by the truckload, but eats the ashtrays too. When coupled with the heavy psychedelia of his former band the Screaming Trees, his ocean-deep, molasses-thick baritone resulted in sonic assaults of