Lucero Live Cuts at NineBullets.net
Head over to a favorite blog of mine, NineBullets.net, while they have a tasty live Breathru Radio session from Lucero posted for download.
Tag Archives: alt.country
Robbie Fulks in the The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe has a nice feature (He’s country but he jumps genres with irreverence) on alt.country journeyman Robbie Fulks. A excerpt: Fulks, who plays a duo show with his friend Robbie Gjersoe at Club…
The Village Voice Talks with Jon Langford
The Village Voice has a Q&A with Jon Langford of the Waco Brothers and the Mekons (playing the Highline Ballroom this evening.) Langford talks about the Waco Brother’s beginnings, his time on Bloodshot Records and…
James McMurtry in the Washington Post
The Washington Post sits down for some Mexican food and beer with Texas’ own James McMurtry appropriately titled “His Songs? Bleak. His Future? Bright.” McMurtry talks about his new release “Just Us Kids,” his growing…
Gibson Guitars Blog Picks the Top 5 Essential Alt.Country Albums
Dave Hunter over at the Gibson Guitar’s blog (love their acoustic guitars, but for electric I gotta side with Fender) has taken on the daunting task of choosing the “Top 5 Essential Alt-Country Albums.” No…
Missy Gossip and the Secret Keepers
Patsy Cline brought country music from the hayride into the smoky piano bars of what was adult American pop in the late 50′s and may have set their course on that trail blazed by the…
Twangfest Rides Again – St. Louis, MO
Add to the list of festivals I have yet to attend but want to Saint Louis, MO’s 4-day Twangfest (June 4-7, presented by KDHX 88.1 FM .) Twangfest is on it’s 12th year of providing…
Billboard.com Review Drive By Truckers Show – May 15th Charleston, S.C.
Billboard.com has a glowing write up on the May 15th Charleston, S.C. Drive By Truckers show. A sample: That they continue to pull it off in such hammering, consistent fashion is not only a credit…
Legendary Shack Shakers Line Up Shake Up
As per a post from the Legendary Shack Shakers MySpace page and on the fine NineBullets.net blog there seems to be a line up change for the LSS. Ladies and gentlemen, As our good buddy…
Review – Rodney Parker & Fifty Peso Reward – The Lonesome Dirge (self-released)
Some compare Rodney Parker to the Old 97’s Rhett Miller is style, tone and subject matter. You won’t find me doing that. I was designing band and club graphics, doing mural painting and bartending part-time…