
Just as Foster & Lloyd's recording hiatus was able to buy a drink, it up and went on a harmony-filled alt country bender. Twenty-one years is a l-o-o-o-n-g break, but the rust is barely noticeable on It's Already Tomorrow , possibly the least touted reunion album of the year. And quite possibly the best. What makes this partnership go is the marriage of Bill Lloyd's jangle pop guitar sensibility to Radney Foster's clear, warm vocals, but what makes it soar are the old school harmonies, two voices meshing as one on immediately memorable choruses. Sure their cover [...]
I'm pretty sure that the well-worn and often used term 'folding money' isn't normally used to describe what is shown in the slideshow at the bottom. The art of origami - folding paper into ingenious shapes - has long been attributed to the Japanese, although there is evidence of the same practice in the history of other cultures. In any case, it's always fascinating to see it, especially when the art is formed from something that's always eye-catching anyway - currency. But for most of us, when we hear someone talk about a guy having [...]
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"Hearts On Parade" , the debut full-length album from Ashley Arrison is due out on iTunes and in stores on July 1st, and in the run up to the release date she's released the single "Trying To Help You Out" featuring Kelly Clarkson. "Hearts On Parade" is a complete package of gorgeous vocals and a catalog of songs just waiting to be heard and cherished. Arrison's first single, "Trying To Help You Out" (now available on iTunes) was co-written by Kelly Clarkson, who lends background vocals to the track. World-renowned drummer, Matt Chamberlain [...]

Radney Foster has a new record out now on Dualtone but I'm too cheap to buy it. I did however sign up for his newsletter and got this link to an unreleased song that's an outtake from the sessions that produced This World We Live In . If you like this song (that wasn't good enough for the record) then you and I both should pony-up and get the cd (notice the horse analogy!). Buy it here . [...]