Cornell Hurd Band - At Large In South Austin, Texas
Chances are you won't be at Jovita's in Austin on a Thursday night when the Cornell Hurd Band hosts its weekly hoedown, so this disc is the next best thing. Recorded with pristine clarity at the Texicalli Grille, the 24 tracks on At Large In South
Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
Alabama-reared Patterson Hood and the rest of Drive By Truckers are Southerners, and I'm a Northerner, so the connection I feel to the best songs on the band's sophomore release, Pizza Deliverance, is not geographical. It's more of a small-town America thing: We may
Gram Parsons - Under Your Spell Again
The brevity of Gram Parsons' life inherently magnifies the importance of any documents that can inform our understanding of his talent. Though the official Parsons canon contains more than enough to justify his stature, it's a meager catalogue compared to other legends who stuck around this mortal
Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadours - Waltz Across Texas
Ernest Tubb often attributed his extraordinary success to his less-than-ordinary voice, to the way any listener might hear one of his songs and conclude: "I can sing better than that guy." But you know what? We can't.
Granted, Tubb couldn't hit a lot of
Richard Buckner - Bloomed
Richard Buckner's 1994 debut album, Bloomed, heralded the arrival of a uniquely expressive and honest songwriter and reaped Buckner tomes of critical praise, a deal with MCA (now void), and heavyweight expectations -- some of which he's delivered on, some of which he hasn't.
Koerner, Ray & Glover - (Lots More) Blues, Rags And Hollers
A trio of Minnesotans steeped in the country blues tradition, Koerner, Ray & Glover emerged as one of the best and most popular groups on the burgeoning '60s blues-folk revival scene. "Spider" John Koerner, Dave "Snaker" Ray and Tony "Little Sun" Glover recorded