Anita Carter: 03/1933 to 07/29/1999
At the first, it must have seemed she hardly existed outside the arms of the energetic and surprisingly determined relatives everywhere around her. For a long time Anita Carter did not know that she'd been born (in March 1933) into a family that would be a legend. But
NRBQ - Self-Titled
This release celebrates NRBQ's 30th year as a band, and as a way of drawing things full circle, it has the same title (er, lack of title) as their debut, released in 1969. It's also their first full studio album since Al Anderson left the band
Jesse Winchester - Gentleman Of Leisure
Born into a Memphis family of prominent heritage, young Jesse James Winchester hightailed it to Canada when he received his Vietnam draft notice. Filled with the sounds of Memphis music in his head, he started writing the songs for his self-titled debut album, which wound up being produced by
Star Room Boys - Why Do Lonely Men And Women Want To Break Each Other's Hearts?
From "Will the circle be unbroken?" to "Why don't you love me like you used to do?" to "Do you think about me?" country music has a long and distinguished history of posing questions – some rhetorical, but most pleading – in three-quarter
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Crusades Of The Restless Knights
Working in relative obscurity, '70s Texas songwriting great Ray Wylie Hubbard has resurfaced in the '90s through a series of fine solo albums, beginning with 1992's Lost Train Of Thought and continuing through 1994's Loco Gringo's Lament and 1997's Dangerous
Cowboy Junkies - Rarities, B-Sides And Slow, Sad Waltzes
Ever since their acclaimed late-'80s breakthrough The Trinity Session, the Cowboy Junkies' sound -- underamped instruments, lugubrious tempos and singer Margo Timmins' glacial cool -- has become an alt-cowpoke cliche. The very style that brought them acclaim quickly became the critical stick used to beat up the