Neil Young With Crazy Horse: “Americana”
NEIL YOUNG WITH CRAZY HORSE Americana Reprise Records Though still a Canadian citizen, Neil Young has lived more years in the States than “up north” …
Album Reviews
Jon Dee Graham: “Garage Sale”
JON DEE GRAHAM Garage Sale Freedom Records Ever since his outstanding 1997 solo debut, Escape from Monster Island, Jon Dee Graham has distinguished himself as …
Wade Bowen: “The Given”
WADE BOWEN The Given BNA Throughout his career, Wade Bowen’s star has continued to rise steadily on the Texas music scene, and now he is …
Flatlanders: “The Odessa Tapes”
FLATLANDERS The Odessa Tapes New West As if the Flatlanders’ story wasn’t already bizarre enough, The Odessa Tapes should earn Joe Ely, Butch Hancock and …
Robin Terrazas: “Let’s Take Two”
ROBIN TERRAZAS Let’s Take Two Platinum Blues Music Company “Don’t tell me how success will be/Don’t tell me the price I must pay,” implores San …
Old Crow Medicine Show: “Carry Me Back”
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW Carry Me Back ATO Old Crow Medicine Show have carved out their own little niche in Americana by ignoring trends and …
Marvin Etzioni: “Marvin Country!”
MARVIN ETZIONI Marvin Country! MarvinCountry.com Long before Lone Justice was a rumble down the wire of the biggest thing to hit country, rock or cow-punk, …
Amy Cook: “Summer Skin”
AMY COOK Summer Skin Root House/Thirty Tigers Amy Cook has been building an underground buzz with her poignant vocals and distinctive songwriting for almost a …
Ruby Jane: “Celebrity (Empire of Emptiness)”
RUBY JANE Celebrity (Empire of Emptiness) Vinyl Records With Celebrity (empire of loneliness), 17-year-old fiddle prodigy and emerging singer-songwriter Ruby Jane Smith makes a valiant …
The Mavericks: “Suited Up and Ready”
THE MAVERICKS Suited Up and Ready Big Machine The Mavericks always offered a lusher kind of country, closer to the satiny sophistication of Patsy Cline …
