Blues 
BEN HARPER: Role Models(0)
With White Lies for Dark Times, Ben Harper finds his genre-defying hybrid taking root in rockier plains—and that musical immediacy creates a tension that ratchets up his always on-point lyrics . . .
25 Of Our Favorite Songs From 1984-2009
The older one gets, the more one looks back at those years now gone. American Songwriter’s reached the ripe age of 25 and the best years are ahead. But as happy as turning 25 makes us, we decided to look back at all the songs we’ve found and loved since 1984, the year the magazine started . . .
BECK > One Foot In The Grave (Deluxe Reissue)
In 1993, he and a few musicians, including Calvin Johnson of K Records, recorded this lo-fi masterpiece on out-of-tune guitars and rusty microphones, deep in the woods drunk on 99 cent beers . . .
VARIOUS ARTISTS > Fillmore: The Last Days
his film, originally released in 1972, comes off as a raw look into Bill Graham’s last shows at his landmark Fillmore West venue in San Francisco . . .
More in this category:
- The Paul Zollo Blog: Q&A with Bob Dylan
- FLEETWOOD MAC > Rumours
- Seven Badass Blues Songs to Brighten Up Your Day
- GAMBLE & HUFF: Soul Deep
- LES PAUL: Still Changing Songs
- MAC DAVIS: Hook, Line and Sinker
- JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE: Sessions
- ROY ORBISON > The Soul of Rock and Roll
- THE JACKSONS > Destiny & Triumph
- GRAYSON CAPPS > Rott and Roll
- RANDALL BRAMBLETT > Now It’s Tomorrow
- WORKING GIRL BLUES > The Life & Music of Hazel Dickens by Hazel Dickens and Bill C. Malone
- WILLIE NELSON > One Hell of a Ride
- JAMES HUNTER > The Hard Way
- IN SEARCH OF THE BLUES by Marybeth Hamilton
- GRAYSON CAPPS > Songbones
- VARIOUS ARTISTS > Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
- TH’ LEGENDARY SHACK*SHAKERS > Swampblood
- SMOKEY ROBINSON: Still Churning Out Hits
