Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad
Directing his artistic vision outward again, Bruce Springsteen returns to the role of social critic. The album and its 12 songs will inevitably draw comparisons to the 1982 masterpiece Nebraska, an accidental collection of lost characters, bad luck, and meanness. Recalling that album, Springsteen said in 1990 that he hadn&
Blue Rodeo - Nowhere to Here
On Blue Rodeo's Five Days In July album of a couple years back, the band consistently produced track after track of terrific country-flavored rock 'n' roll. A very successful, very talented quintet with platinum sales in their Canadian homeland, they've been trying to
Acetone - I Guess I Would
Well there it was, September. It was already gettin' chilly, it was raining, like it's known to do occasionally up here in Maine, the landscape was quickly emptying out, and I got a call from my first love. We hadn't spoken in some time.
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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