Rhonda Vincent - Yesterday And Today: 30 Years Of Music
Neophytes could be forgiven if, after comparing this album's cover photo to its subtitle, they concluded that Rhonda Vincent is remarkably well-preserved. After all, there aren't many folks around who can lay claim to that amount of experience while still years shy of a 40th
Heather Myles - Highways and Honky Tonks
After recording a couple of critically acclaimed albums for HighTone (along with a live import release), this Southern California country singer shows no sign of losing steam on her first studio album in over three years. In fact, it may very well turn out to be one of the year&
Whiskeytown - Borderline (London, England)
"I think I'm the only one in the band who still drinks whiskey, so cheers," fiddler Caitlin Cary proclaimed during the encore of Whiskeytown's debut performance in London. Indeed, these shows seemed largely focused on how well leader Ryan Adams could adjust to yet
Suzanne Thomas - Branching out on her own
A commanding singer with a broad, expressive range, a deep knowledge of country idioms and some 30 years of experience in the music business, Suzanne Thomas remains largely unknown. In large part this is because she's spent the past decade as part of the Dry Branch Fire Squad,
Martin Zellar - Growin' Up
Martin Zellar used to be the lead singer of the Gear Daddies, a Minneapolis-based garage band of rare vision and grace that released two albums in the late '80s. The band's emotional live shows -- great rambling sets filled with alternately delicate and raging rock 'n&
Marques Bovre & The Evil Twins - Multiple personality music
For Marques Bovre & the Evil Twins, there are two sides to every coin. Bovre grew up in the tiny Sugar River village of Paoli, Wisconsin, but he remembers taking the 8 a.m. Badger Bus into Madison most weekends, finding relief in a place so big that nobody knew