I'm not doing a "regular" top-list. I already made a top50 for my norwegian blog, and the selections just make me want to go hide in the forest until the new year is official and no-one cares about these lists anymore. SO - what I'm doing for Ninebullets is picking some of my favorite albums among the more unknown artists out there... Obviously I loved Isbells "Here We Rest", Adams "Ashes & Fire", Gillians "The Harrow and The Harvest" and even Paul Simons beautiful "So Beautiful Or So What". But I also loved these albums, [...]
In Your Bones is a recurring feature here on Folk Hive in which a friendly fellow blogger lets us in on a jam they hold dear to their heart. A jam that is in their bones, so to speak. As long as I've been reading/following the Common Folk blog/April, I've always felt an odd connection with it's writer. "From the hills of W. Virginia" is not all that different from "from the hills of the Ozark Mountains," and I will admit, I've always yearned [...]
This is my fourth post about Nashville based singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons . It seems I am single-handedly trying to make him a household name in the americana world ( here , here , here ). From my perspective he's got all the elements needed: a rich baritone voice, stellar songwriting, and excellent musicianship (bandmembers include folks who play with The Jayhawks, John Prine, kd lang etc etc). The Big Show is Stephen's sixth release and is due out on July 19 but can be purchased now through Bandcamp here or at a [...]
This is the follow up post from Monday, January 18 : Side B of the first Feel Bad for You comp of 2010. I asked the forum members of AltCountryTab.ca to submit their favorite tracks from 2009 which other members may not have heard. The comments on the songs are from the people who submitted them. Side B - download the zipped comp for one week only . 1. Stephen Simmons - Hey Shannon.mp3 Buy (CD Baby): [...]
I've been writing about Stephen Simmons for a couple of years now. He deserves more credit for his music and deserves to be held in the same light as Ben Weaver, Chris Knight and half of the songwriters toiling away in Nashville. Hell, on the strength of his song "Drink Ring Jesus" he should already be inducted in the the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame. "Pins and Needles" is from Stephen's new record Girls . It's a sad story of a relationship with a manic depressive. That sounds heavy and it is. [...]
I'm thinking this is more of what I had in mind for the previous post. Here are the songs that were replayed for days, weeks, and yes even months on my mp3 player during that bygone year of 2007. Yes, I realize that all of these songs were not released in 2o07. But to dwell on that would be to miss some of the great songs that possessed my soul at some point in 2007. Enjoy! The Hold Steady - Let's start off the list with a [...]
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