Ryan Bingham Readies Roadhouse Sun
Fans of gritty, sun drenched tales from the road rejoice! Texas/New Mexico neo-trad troubadour Ryan Bingham and his band The Dead Horses (Corby Schaub – guitar, Matt Smith – drums, Elijah Ford – bass) are…
Category Archives: From where I sit
Todd Snider and Sara Watkins Ready New Releases
Paste Magazine used to trend more toward No Depression Americana coverage than Spin-style indy-pop coverage that they’ve moved toward over the last couple of years. This may explain what they’re still in print and No…
Neko Case and the Desertion of Twang
This post is a riff off a conversation started by a review of “Middle Cyclone” by Juli Thanki over at my friends at the 9513.com Neko Case’s new release “Middle Cyclone” dropped last Tuesday and…
Paste Magazine Reviews The Flatlanders Newest
Remember when Paste Magazine was more Americana and roots music focused, in other words, good? They harken back to those halcion days by reviewing the Lloyd Maines produced release by Americana super group The Flatlanders…
A Twangy Valentines Day
Ah, love is in the air – But if you’re a fan of country music then you know dysfunction litters the alleyways in the heart of classic narratives. Cheating, lying , drinking, throwing heavy objects,…
Plant and Krauss Back In The Studio
Country Standard Time and Rolling Stone posts that Robert Plant and Alison Krauss are back in the studio with T Bone Burnett working on the follow-up to their platinum-selling, five Grammy winning album Raising Sand.…
John Doe and The Sadies Collaborate for Country Club
From JamBase – John Doe (X, The Knitters) and The Sadies join forces for Country Club, an album of classic country covers and originals due out April 14, 2009 on Yep Roc Records. “Country Club…
Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy Headed to the Country Music Hall of Fame
Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt will appear on the Late Show with David Letterman tonight (2/4.) This morning the Country Music Association announced that Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy will become the 105th,…
The Best of 2008 (For Reals)
Propaganda has been honed to a fine art in the last half century. Americans have been convinced to fight wars, hand over civil and employee rights and consume ever crappier beer, food and, alas, music.…
Kid Rock Y’all!
When did Kid Rock, the wanna-be rapper, cowboy and on-again-off-again Mr Pamela Anderson, become the new face of the National Guard and NASCAR? For crissakes the man is a YANKEE! Didn’t he do enough damage…