Various Artists - Twisted Willie
I got this phone call kind of late one weeknight from Randall Jamail, and it was later in Houston where he was calling from. He wanted to tell me that Kelley Deal and Kris Kristofferson were going to be recording Willie Nelson's "Angel Flying Too Close To
Whiskeytown - Faithless Street
"I'll ride with you tonight, I'll ride forever/There's no way to predict this kind of weather." It's the kind of opening line that sets a tone, sticks with you, serves as a harbinger that something significant is looming on
Cordell Jackson - Barrister's (Memphis, TN)
103 humid degrees of bug-bitten fun: That was the promise held along with this evening's entertainment on the second night of the annual Dixie Fried Festival, brought to you by your friends at Shangri-La Records.
Despite the fact that the air conditioning blew in some remote corner on
R.S. Field - Outstanding in his....
R.S. Field represents one of the great hopes for Nashville. He is a maverick producer/performer/songwriter who is not afraid or ashamed to integrate Nashville's past sounds with its present. In an era where most major-label country is either overproduced ballads or southern-slanted rock, Field knows
Brian Paulson - Been there, done that
If you're reading this magazine, you almost certainly own at least one album Brian Paulson has produced. He's been pretty hard to avoid in '90s alternative country circles, and the genre is unimaginable without such Paulson-produced landmarks as Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne, Son Volt&
Wilco - Common Courtesy
"It's Just That Simple", John Stirratt's high lonesome moment on Wilco's debut, suggested that singer-songwriter talent in the band ran deeper than frontman Jeff Tweedy. Further recorded proof was a different matter, at least until Stirratt and bandmates Jay Bennett and Ken