THROUGH THE LENS: Joan Baez, Tony Rice, Nick Drake, and Other Recent Audiophile Roots Music Releases
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When Chicago's roots-rock band Wilco and England's protest-folk singer-songwriter Billy Bragg first teamed up to add music to unfinished Woody Guthrie lyrics, the impact reached far beyond the roots music niche. The 1998 album, Mermaid Avenue, was a smash, having been certified Gold in Australia and
FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Re-Release of Tony Joe White’s ‘The Real Thang’ Certainly Is
It is possible, with very little effort, to stream live video of Elvis Presley singing “Polk Salad Annie,” back during his final credibility scare, and then of the songwriter, Tony Joe White, singing it on network T.V. with the host of “The Johnny Cash Show” (oh yeah, that'
