In A Pig's Eye: Trigg County, KY is hell, But it's a ham-lover's heaven
Yes, men and women may come and go, revolutions wrack monarchies, wives and husbands deceive us, taxes mount, the mechanized age buffet our ringing heads, but one of these hams will renew faith in the universe. To our wry and lawless mind such a ham is, during these chancey days,
Don Williams - Hank, Tennessee, and Don
by Geoffrey Himes
** Editor's Note: Don Williams passed away this week after a short illness. To honor his legacy, we're re-running this article from Issue #19 of the original No Depression print magazine. It originally appeared in 1999.
In most cases, when you drain all
Bob Egan - Pedal steel to pedestal
There is a singular pleasure in hearing a backup musician step to the fore -- assuming the musician is a good one, of course, and wasn't being kept back for a reason. We are suddenly paying attention to someone we'd hitherto taken for granted. It's
James King - Bed By The Window
On his third album for Rounder, hard-core Virginia bluegrasser James King opted to use his road band, supplemented by the great Bobby Hicks as guest fiddler. That's a gutsy move, considering the high caliber of the backup on his previous albums, and while it has a price,
Pawtuckets - Rest Of Our Days
Following up on the promise of their debut Cloud 9 Ranch, Memphis band the Pawtuckets show on Rest Of Our Days that they've tightened considerably between records. Guitars weave like Jimmy Miller-era Stones while maintaining a string-pulling country edge. Piano and electric piano are used judiciously,
Geoff Muldaur - The Secret Handshake
Geoff Muldaur's genius sprawls messily across styles and genres, all of them grist for a creative mill now well into its fourth decade. Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music is a convenient starting point for understanding Muldaur's music, but it's only