Archive for June, 2011
The Felice Brothers: Fire On The Mountain
“F— the House of Blues, f— my whole career!” sighs Ian Felice on “River Jordan,” the last song on the Catskill, New York roots rockers’ eccentric new album, Celebration, Florida. It isn’t easy for a roots rock band, with one foot in the grave of traditionalism, and one foot in the modern music market, to [...]
American Icons: The Test Of Time
(Photo: Lorca Cohen) “They just don’t write songs like they used to.” How many times have you heard that one? When I was a kid, people from my parents’ generation would often say this, referring to the great songs of Tin Pan Alley they grew up with as rendered by great vocalists like Sinatra and [...]
Review: Hohner’s Blue Midnight, Crossover, & Thunderbird
Most harmonicas, as with most guitars, look roughly same. However, the different designs, construction, and material used gives each model of harp their own individual character. Hohner sent out some new harps (the Blue Midnight and the Crossover) for us to review that exemplify these differences. They also sent a exciting new harp called the [...]
How To Make The Whole World Sing: “Last Goodbye”
There is no shortage of superlatives to apply to Jeff Buckley. Amazing. Genius. Jaw-dropping. Ecstatic. Tragic. Angelic. Oddly enough, too few of them have been specifically directed toward his songwriting. This is unfortunate, if understandable: Buckley’s brief life and musical output were full of the sort of detail and experience that make for great biography [...]
Loudon Wainwright III: On Record
“The choice,” he explains, “was to be the decider or not.” He’s referring to the monumental task of going through all the albums he’s ever recorded, plus the demos, the outtakes and more, for inclusion on Loudon Wainwright III, 40 Odd Years, a five-disc boxed set with more than 80 tracks, as well as a [...]
Recording Special: Girl Talk
Style: Don’t Call It Mash-Up Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, might just be the king of taking preexisting media and making it his own thing. Audiences sure seem to think so. His concerts have become legendary, but behind the sweaty arena frat parties is a brainy producer whose work has become more and more complex, [...]
4th Place | “Sand In Her Shoes”
4th Place “Sand In Her Shoes” Steve Tolliver Saint Petersburg, Florida She came down from Nashville, Tennessee Bought a ticket to Miami Hitchhiked to Cudjo Key Made her way on down to Key West With a suitcase and guitar Now she plays every night In them local bars (Chorus) She’s got sand in her shoes [...]
Steve Earle Sees The Light
photos by Joshua Black Wilkins It’s been said of Steve Earle – more than once – that his mind and mouth are constantly going a mile a minute. When it comes to doing interviews, he can blaze through three hours’ worth of material in half that time. And that’s exactly what he does on the [...]
2nd Place | “No Timeshares For Heaven”
2nd Place “No Timeshares For Heaven” Dan T. Chandler Dallas, Texas www.sonicbids.com/danchandler She says her life is a failure Says her pretty years are all gone Spent with the wrong man Who doesn’t love her anymore She finds solace in poetry And a sad country song Just looking for redemption, finding a way, for a [...]
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