country Archive
06 Mar 2013
Album Review: Merle Haggard – The Complete ’60s Capitol Singles
First it was Collectors’ Choice Music, and then when they shuttered their label, it was Real Gone Music. Now Omnivore – another boutique label run (in the best way) by […]
21 Feb 2013
Album Review: Phil Lee – The Fall & Further Decline of the Mighty King of Love
I nearly passed this one by. The cover turned me off, and as I’ve mentioned before, with so many CDs for potential review, an off-putting cover image can sometimes be […]
31 Jan 2013
Album Review: Wanda Jackson – The Best of the Classic Capitol Singles
If you want a potted history – albeit one from a provocative perspective, and with its own axe to grind – of Wanda Jackson‘s career, I recommend you put your […]
19 Dec 2012
EP Review: Wanda Jackson – Capitol Rarities
Though her recording career began in the mid 1950s, I only discovered Wanda Jackson sometime around 1993. Sometime that year I was in a Wal-Mart (I rarely if ever set […]
06 Nov 2012
Album Review: Clover — Clover and Fourty Niner
Clover doesn’t rank in the top tiers of musical acts in terms of notoriety. Mention their name to most music fans and you’ll earn a blank stare. If they’re known […]
23 Apr 2009
Album Review: Walk the Line (Soundtrack)
Val Kilmer would be proud. The nearest, best antecedent to the soundtrack to the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic Walk The Line is Kilmer’s vocal turn in Oliver Stone’s The Doors. […]
17 Mar 2009
Album Review: Hayseed Dixie – A Hot Piece of Grass
Hayseed Dixie is bluegrass music’s answer to Dread Zeppelin. But then, who asked the question? Hayseed Dixie’s high-concept approach recasts hard rock songs in a bluegrass context (for a secret […]