Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Back at the Quonset Hut Ramseur Records The Quonset hut. Its history is as rich in Tennessee, namely Nashville, as it is in Rhode Island. The Nashville history centers around music and specifically, the Quonset hut recording studio built […]
Compact CapsulesBy Dan Ferguson Anais MitchellYoung Man in AmericaWilderland Records After her last album which saw her bringing the Orpheus myth into the modern era, the song cycle of Vermont-based singer and songwriter Anais Mitchell returns back to her own thoughts and ideas. The storyboard for […]
Compact CapsulesBy Dan Ferguson Dave ProvostMy Favorite GhostGreen Barn Records File new release My Favorite Ghost from singer/songwriter Dave Provost under Americana. Also, file the catchy, 10-song affair, nine of them originals, from the Nantucket-based artist as an album clearly worthy of attention, especially to those […]
Compact CapsulesBy Dan Ferguson Kathleen EdwardsVoyageurRounder Records Breakups, be it a marriage or love affair, can be plenty painful. From the songwriting perspective, they have fueled the muse of many a lyricist. On Voyageur from the Canadian singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards, the breakup of her own marriage […]
Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 02/03/2012 Â We step back into the past this week with a couple of historical collections to enlighten folks to the early sounds of honky tonker Buck Owens and a wonderful set focusing on the grand soul & R&B of the […]
Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 01/27/2012 Ha Ha Tonka Death of a Decade Bloodshot Records Hailing from Ozarks country in Missouri, thanks to loads of touring the foursome Ha Ha Tonka has steadily been building its fan base since its 2007 debut for Chicago-based indie Bloodshot […]
Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 01/20/2012 Country music, and we’re not talking what passes today for the commercial variety, comes in many flavors. Two ends of the spectrum are in this week’s Ear Bliss spotlight. O’DeathOutsideErnest Jenning Records Even with the oft-times lush orchestration, the clatter […]
Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson 01/13/2012 Based in Chicago, categorize The Numero Group team as excavators of the aural variety. We take a look at two excellent, late 2011 collections from the Windy City concern each heavy on the soul & R&B. Various Artists Eccentric Soul: […]
BOUDIN BARNDANCE FAVORITES OF 2011 We put the wraps on 2011 with a collection of releases that hit the Barndance sweet spot during the year. Few are from artists that are anything close to household names, but each is an out-of-the-familiar beat of brilliance that’ll light […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson Bottle RocketsNot So LoudBloodshot Records A quintessential rock and twang bar band out of Festus, MO going back to their beginnings in the early 1990s, it wasn’t until a release of leftover tracks in 1998 appropriately titled “Leftovers” did the Bottle Rockets […]
