Clodhopper - Old-school American Music
Late last summer, Clodhopper visited the Tractor Tavern in Seattle to open for the Red House Painters. My lasting impression turned out not to be from he headliner, but rather the opening act, which energized the crowd with their take on old-timey mountain songs and their quietly personal originals.
Clodhopper&
Bobby Bare Jr. - All in the Bare family
Bobby Bare Jr. was just 7 years old, but he remembers the last night the Ryman Auditorium hosted the Grand Ole Opry: "It was dark, and there were tons of people everywhere." He was onstage, singing his duet, "Daddy What If," with his father. They'
Tom Skinner - Times Have Changed / Bob Childers - Nothin' More Natural
In Oklahoma there is a spirited roots-oriented music that is simply referred to as red dirt music. The tag didnt come from any record company publicist or music journalist but from the musicians themselves, who all migrated to the college town of Stillwater, Oklahoma in the 70s and 80s. This
Julie Doiron - Loneliest In The Morning
On her sophomore solo disc, Canadian songstress Julie Doiron comes out swinging -- not with fists, but from a porch swing on a Sunday morning. Formerly of disbanded pseudo-psychedelic popsters Eric's Trip, Doiron previously had released an album on her own label, Sappy, under the moniker of Broken
Red Star Belgrade - Where the Sun Doesn't Shine
One benefit of being a Neil Young acolyte is that you can be a follower and still head off in so many different directions. In general terms, Red Star Belgrade is Bill Curry's Ragged Glory band -- the one in which he lets the horses get a little
Thousand $ Car - Big Shot
The debut album by New Orleans roots-rockers Thousand $ Car suggests this is probably one of the best bar bands in that neck of the woods. That said, Big Shot is not groundbreaking and doesn't hold much of the flavor I'm guessing these guys can emit under