Willie Nelson - Yesterdays Wine
Back at the end of the 50s, about when I was being conceived or born or something, Willie Nelson sold the rights to a song called Family Bible for $50. That was his first break in country music; a singer named Claude Gray made Family Bible a top-10 hit,
Indigo Girls - Shaming of the Sun
Despite the occasional political prattle that earned this Marietta, Ga. duo the well-deserved "Indignant Girls" tag, the Indigo Girls continue to produce genuinely compelling music, complete with an intellectual spine. After expanding the group dynamics on the electric guitar-laden Swamp Ophelia, troubadours Amy Ray and Emily
John Walsh & The Sinkholes - Antimatter Eisenhower
The booklet inside John Walsh & the Sinkholes' debut CD includes several images of ol' Ike, particularly Eisenhower silver dollar coins. This graphic motif suggests the album contains political diatribes that critique capitalism and the uptight values of 1950s America. Instead, it's a tuneful collection of
Jim White - Wrong-Eyed Jesus
Darkly seductive like that preacher's son who smelled of sex and whiskey and spoke redemption back in high school, Jim White's debut album Wrong-Eyed Jesus beguiles the listener into riding shotgun from the git-go: "Big ole car moving fast, watch the world go
Etta James - Love's Been Rough on Me
There will probably be claims that Etta James is making her "country move" here, but in truth, her infatuation with Nashville goes back to the early '60s, when she recorded her first singles on Music Row, and a historic live album, Etta James Rocks the House, there
Whiskeytown - Rural Free Delivery
North Carolina band Whiskeytown is nothing if not prolific. This eight-song EP (nine if you count the hidden bonus track) is just one of a number of recordings building up to this summer's release of their major-label debut album Sorry I Said Goodbye, a torrent that