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With his raspy yelp of a voice, a poetic gift both urbane and romantic, and a wildly kinetic and acrobatic stage show, Willie Nile burst onto the late '70s New York City scene as the bastard spawn of Bob Dylan and Patti Smith. Despite two fine albums for Arista

"You've got an invalid haircut/And it hurts when you smile." With the opening lines to the title track of his latest album, Warren Zevon further establishes his reputation as a songwriter to equal John Prine. Like Prine, too, he's spent the last couple

Subtitled "The Charlie Burton Story, '77-'99," One Man's Trash tours across three decades of Burton's output, selected by the man himself. Originally based in Lincoln, Nebraska, he released a string of 45s and full-length albums with an assortment of band

Lee Hazlewood's recordings may be unfamiliar, but his songs are not. Known best for producing and writing for Duane Eddy and Nancy Sinatra, Hazlewood's own genreless music has largely been overlooked. He always considered his own solo records to be demos crafted to land production work.

Following the demise of his band the Sand Rubies (a.k.a. Sidewinders) in the early '90s, Tucson guitarist Rich Hopkins wasted little time with his next project, the Luminarios. Seven albums and innumerable lineup changes later, Hopkins has struck gold. Devolver kicks off on a high note with

As with many of the latter-day Townes Van Zandt releases, In Pain primarily gathers live solo versions of some of his better-known songs recorded during the final years of his life. Most of the 16 tracks here were recorded in November '94 (a little more than two