Todd Snider: “Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker”
TODD SNIDER Time As We Know It: The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker Aimless Records/Thirty Tigers Todd Snider recording an album of Jerry Jeff Walker …
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Willie Nelson: “Heroes”
WILLIE NELSON Heroes Legacy Heroes isn’t a classic Willie Nelson album, but it is a very good one. It takes a while to get there, …
Walt Wilkins: “Plenty”
WALT WILKINS Plenty Ride Records Walt Wilkins bookends Plenty with a Zen mantra (“Just Be”) and a psalm for gratitude embraced (“Between Midnight & Day”). …
Jason Eady: “AM Country Heaven”
JASON EADY AM Country Heaven Littoraria Records Jason Eady, a folkie with a bluesman’s grit in his groan, has never been one for the more …
John Fullbright: “From the Ground Up”
JOHN FULLBRIGHT From the Ground Up Blue Dirt/Thirty Tigers How good is John Fullbright’s anxiously anticipated From the Ground Up? (Yes, anticipated — at least …
Josh Abbott Band: “Small Town Family Dream”
JOSH ABBOTT BAND Small Town Family Dream Pretty Damn Tough Small Town Family Dream, the first album from the Josh Abbott Band to feature cover …
Turnpike Troubadours: “Goodbye Normal Street”
TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS Goodbye Normal Street Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers For the Turnpike Troubadours’ third album, Goodbye Normal Street, the Evan Felker-led band of Oklahomans has cemented …
Matt Harlan & The Sentimentals: “Bow and Be Simple”
MATT HARLAN & THE SENTIMENTALS Bow and Be Simple Berkalin Records There’s something distinctly American about the sort of dusty, country-tinged folk that Matt Harlan …
Elijah Ford: “Upon Waking”
ELIJAH FORD Upon Waking Catapult Elijah Ford has made a good old-fashioned sideman’s record, but it’s so good he might not be a sideman for …
Grant Peeples: “Prior Convictions”
GRANT PEEPLES Prior Convictions Gaterbone Records 104 Grant Peeples is clearly a man of deeply held convictions … and cojones. Both — or should that …
