Red Star Belgrade - Where the Sun Doesn't Shine
One benefit of being a Neil Young acolyte is that you can be a follower and still head off in so many different directions. In general terms, Red Star Belgrade is Bill Curry's Ragged Glory band -- the one in which he lets the horses get a little crazy
Thousand $ Car - Big Shot
The debut album by New Orleans roots-rockers Thousand $ Car suggests this is probably one of the best bar bands in that neck of the woods. That said, Big Shot is not groundbreaking and doesn't hold much of the flavor I'm guessing these guys can emit
Kelly Joe Phelps - Roll Away The Stone
Listening to blues guitarist Kelly Joe Phelps' Roll Away The Stone is almost like eavesdropping; you're a fly on the wall of his Vancouver, Washington, home where he recorded the album on a four-track, accompanied only by his guitar.
Phelps began his musical career playing jazz,
Greg Garing - Alone
By wedding old-school country melodies and lyrics to the dance rhythms and textures of modern electronica, Greg Garing has managed to create one of the most innovative country-flavored albums in quite some time.
Garing brings plenty of rock-solid country credibility to the project. He played fiddle with
Toni Price - Sol Power
Since 1992, Toni Price's musical realm has been anchored by a happy-hour gig she plays every Tuesday evening at the Continental Club in her home of Austin. Accompanied by some of that city's finest players -- for the past couple years guitarists Jud Newcomb and Casper
Dwight Yoakam - Under The Covers
Way back at the dawn of his career, a shocking 15 years of hair loss ago now, Dwight Yoakam looked to be crossover big. Riffing on Buck Owens and Don Rich, Yoakam and longtime collaborator Pete Anderson were presented as hard-core country traditionalists who had simultaneously been blessed with