Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson The Cave SingersNo WitchJagjaguwar Records It’s difficult to categorize new release No Witch from The Cave Singers. Come to think of it, you’d be hard-pressed to brand any of the now three albums the Seattle-based trio. From the elegant folk of leadoff […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson North Mississippi All-StarsKeys to the Kingdom Songs of the South Records Here’s thinking big daddy is smiling up above after getting a whiff of Keys to the Kingdom from the North Mississippi All-Stars. Big daddy is the late Memphis music legend Jim […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson Middle Brotherself-titledPartisan Records For all intents and purposes, Middle Brother was officially born at an unannounced gig during the 2010 edition of SXSW. Formed by the frontmen of Dawes, Delta Spirit and Deer Tick (John McCaughey), the threesome had been noodling together […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson Carrie Rodriguez & Ben KyleWe Still Love Our CountryNinth Street Opus Records As duet albums go, the EP We Still Love Our Country from Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle (of Romantica fame) is pretty darn sweet. Opting mostly for covers from such […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson Gurf MorlixBlaze Foley’s 113th Wet DreamRootball Records His songs have been covered by Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson and he’s been the subject of tribute tunes by Lucinda Williams and the late Townes Van Zandt. When writing and singing songs in his […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson Miss TessDarling, Oh Darling Miss TessThe Waltz Set She calls her band The Bon Ton Parade and the implication is high style and good times. Undercurrents of each type, with a side of the Crescent City, are throughout the longplayer Darling, Oh […]
Boudin Barndance Favorites of 2010by Dan Ferguson Phosphorescent – Here’s to Taking It Easy (Dead Oceans)Songs aglow with snapshot quality and warm cosmic country dressing. Be it broken heart ballads or swirling honky tonk rambles, Phosphorescent radiates. The Mynabirds – What We Lose in the Fire […]
Why Portland?  When you say “going to Portland” in these parts, understandably Oregon doesn’t even enter the mindset. In other words, you’ve got some explaining to do. Why? Because for years going to Austin all we ever heard from people is “You gotta check out […]
Compact Capsulesby Dan Ferguson Syl JohnsonSyl Johnson: The Complete MythologyNumero Group Records A mother lode of Syl. That’s what you get with the visually stunning box set Syl Johnson: The Complete Mythology. It chronicles the works of the should-be-legendary Chicago blues and R&B man and does […]
Compact Capsules by Dan Ferguson Pernice BrothersGoodbye, KillerAshmont Records It’s been since 2006 that we last heard from Joe Pernice. He has been busy what with penning a novel (“It Feels So Good When I Stop”) and its accompanying soundtrack. No stranger to the indie pop […]
