Christgau's Consumer Guide To Albums Of The '90s
In his intro to Rock Albums Of The '70s, longtime Village Voice scribe Robert Christgau claims, "I've tried to grade every '70s rock album worth owning" -- an assertion that flirts precipitously with both hubris and foolhardiness. But excepting the much cherished (and by
Carter Family - In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain (12-CD box)
With all due respect to the labels that have helped to keep the recorded legacy of the original Carter Family in print during the CD era, this new release on Germanys Bear Family label leaves them all in the dust.
Here, on eleven CDs, are all 287 surviving tracks recorded
Hank Williams Jr. - Hank Williams Jr. And Friends / The Bocephus Box
Love him or hate him, Hank Williams Jr. is his own man. After years of growing up under the thumb of his mother and her desire to have his career serve only as a tribute act to his father, Hank Jr. rebelled, intent on establishing his own musical vision and
Sky Kings - From Out Of The Blue
Considering their musical pedigree, its amazing the Sky Kings were never allowed to take flight. Bill Lloyd (Foster & Lloyd), John Cowan (New Grass Revival), Rusty Young (Poco) and occasionally Pat Simmons (Doobie Brothers) convened in 1991, recorded two full albums for two labels (RCA Nashville and Warner Bros.), played
Jon Wayne - Two Graduated Jiggers
It's been fifteen years since Jon Wayne released the infamous cult album Texas Funeral. Drunken, comic, brilliant and thoroughly dedicated to the Lone Star State in songs such as "Texas Wine", "Texas Cyclone" and "Texas Jailcell", the album was country of the
Drive-By Truckers - Alabama Ass Whuppin'
Not that they were ever a shy and retiring bunch, but when the Drive-By Truckers first started visiting my neck of the North Carolina woods four years ago, their shows did have the random pedal steel-calmed moment. These days you'll find frontguy Patterson Hood, under a truckstop cap