This is country blues thrown at Black Sabbath then kicked over to good ‘ol Hank Williams territory. Sprinkle on a little southern goodness, and serve warm with a glass of ice tea: Across Tundras. - By Ryan Stephenson
Hank Williams, Sr. 7/13/52 Sunset Park West Grove, PA AUD Hey Good Lookin' Fire On The Mountain I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow Jambalaya Lone Gone Lonesome Blues Baby We're Really In Love I Saw The Light Lovesick Blues Download ZIP Download [...]
Photo: Peyton Hoge Country legend and Hall Famer George Jones has died. He was 81-year-old. According to CMT, Jones died earlier today (4/26/13) at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Jones announced in August 2012 that he planned to... [[ This is a content summary only. Click on the titles for full stories... ]]
The classic C&W weeper gets covered by artists like Al Green, Cassandra Wilson, and... Little Richard??
After more than thirty years in the business, Billy Bragg has earned a reputation as one of folk's elder statesmen. The rough punk edges have been sanded down and the brash Essex accent has softened on Tooth & Nail, his first album of original material since 2008 . Gone is the barricade-jumping, hard-living Bragg of old, perpetually thumbing his nose at the establishment and Maggie Thatcher. The intervening years have calmed him down, and this is most apparent on his new album. The 12 [...]
It's been a while since our last Fantastic Foursome, and I've picked a lively Hank Williams tune for this one. Although he was actually from Alabama, one of his best-known songs - "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" - was based on the music of Southern Louisiana and named for an iconic dish from the region. But even though he's given credit for writing the song, some sources say he had a little help from a contemporary, Moon Mullican, and also that the melody for it came from an old Cajun song. In any case, his 1952 record topped the country [...]
The origins of The Cargo Culte lay in a collection of mixes that BaddBob and I began sharing in the late fall and winter of 2008. A few scant months after the banking meltdown I found myself back in Los Angeles after eight years of wandering, living off of unemployment. BaddBob a behind the scenes [...]
Sixty years ago today, Hank Williams hit Number One with the slightly posthumous, very prophetic song "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," a tune he'd written with Fred Rose just prior to h...
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The seminal tag is one that has been stitched into the reminiscences of all too many an LP of late. So commonplace is its usage that the adjective is now often utilised to ultimately define records without refute, some of which have only been about for a scant scattering of year. It's a catastrophic shame; a disagreeable bastardisation of the English language, as it seems to ensure that certain albums in few ways enduring engage for a far more protracted period than they perhaps ought, thereby frequently overshadowing works of a superior, if consequently suppressed craft. Goodbye [...]
E' uscito anche in Italia 7 Psicopatici (titolo originale Seven Psychopaths) uno dei film più travolgenti di questo ultimo scorcio del 2012. La regia di Martin McDonagh porta in territori di pulp surreale che ricordano mr. Tarantino . Splendida anche la colonna sonora di Carter Burweel con diverse chicche anche di Hank Williams e dei The Walkmen . Nel cast accanto a Colin Farre l e Sam Rockwell il grande Christopher Walken e un Tom Waits allucinante serial killer. [...]
This month's full moon, which is referred to as the beaver moon, occurs tonight (Nov. 27th/28th). According to the Farmer's Almanac, this full moon is named such due to the historic need to set beaver traps before winter set in. These traps would ensure a steady supply of furs throughout the winter season. Tonight's full moon will also be the smallest one of the year and will be accompanied by a small penumbra eclipse. And if the world goes to hell on December 21st, this will be the last full moon we'll ever see. So to my fellow music lovers [...]
In a musical world often pre-occupied with digital perfection, faux beauty and false gloss there are beacons of authenticity that shine with their honesty, live recordings have always being difficult to to pull off, striving for the balance between the raw experience and clarity of sound and production is not a simple task to get right, the solution recording in front of studio audience in a carefully chosen venue with a skilled recording engineer that we are talking about today manages to do it - and do it very well indeed. Coty Hogue - Pretty Bird [...]
Photo courtesy of farmaid.orgDavid Allan Coe famously said that the perfect country and western song requires the following five components: Mama, trains, trucks, prison, and gettin' drunk. With all
Photo by Nikki MillerHank Williams, Jr. at Mystic Lake Casino When it comes to political touchstones, country music is all about po' folks and old time religion, issues that largely resonate with fol
Unless you were glued to Twitter for the last couple of days, chances are you missed an impromptu Jack White show on west Colfax. It was only a four song set, but nonetheless, it was Jack White. I work in Highlands Ranch, which might as well would've been Pueblo, because I found out twenty minutes too late. Luckily, Enrique Jimenez, all around shredder from Panal S.A. de C. V. was on the scene to take some great photos and give his 2¢. Jack White - You Know That I Know (Hank [...]
Taking a page out of the Radiohead playbook, earlier this week HT faves The Felice Brothers unexpectedly announced the release of God Bless You, Amigo - a 20-track record that features eight originals and 12 traditional folk songs. The ramshackle folk-rock band are currently offering up the digital-only release for just $5, posting the following message to their website about the circumstances that lead to the its release... God Bless You, Amigo is a collection of home recordings made in the spring of 2012. Due to a cloud of misfortune resembling in [...]
Have you ever deleted someone from Facebook after drama queen behavior ensued? In the age of social media being such a lead tool of communication, I'll say, that's certainly someone making a statement - sadly. Going out on a limb, I think we've all been there. But what if you not only got deleted from Facebook, but unfollowed on Twitter and Instagram too? Statement turned theatrical. Unless warranted. This is all figuratively speaking of course. But my advice (because you're asking?) is to first… tell that person to put down the bottle. [...]
Phantom Limb have just made a stream available of their Hank Williams cover of Angel Of Death . Full of Americana folk strings, piano lead and the amazing gospel tinged vocal of lead singer Yolanda Quartey. The track is exclusively available as a 'CD only' bonus track on the new album The Pines . Out now on Naim Edge Records . a Phantom Limb play The Lexington, London on Thu 21st June 2012. Tickets here . Follow @madmackerel
Justin Townes EarleVarsity Theater, MinneapolisMonday, May 7, 2012There were a few times last night when all fell silent inside the Varsity Theater, save for Justin Townes Earle. He paced around the s
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