Sam Mellon and the Skylarks

Sam Mellon and the Skylarks - Sam Mellon and the Skylarks

Hailing from Los Angeles, Sam Mellon and his band could be classified as alt-country, but could also be called “jangly California, Americana and…More...

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Robert K. Oermann

Behind The Grand Ole Opry Curtain - Robert K. Oermann

10.08.2008
Reviewed by: C. Eric Banister

Is the book as salacious as the title suggests?

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Backyard Tire Fire

Backyard Tire Fire- The Places We Lived

10.03.2008
Reviewed by: Don Zelazny

Backyard Tire Fire are back to burn again. Does it stack up to past efforts?

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Christy Clayton

Christy Clayton - Devil’s Paradise

10.02.2008
Reviewed by: Don Zelazny

Don’s trail of discovery lands him in the Devil’s Paradise - but I think he likes the company.

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Pauline Reese and High Country

Pauline Reese and High Country

10.02.2008
Reviewed by: Don Zelazny

Don discovers a Texan spitfire in his trilogy of new discoveries.

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The Roundtable

Americana Roots Roundtable 11

Gregg Geil

Join Gregg Geil (AmericanaRoots.com) and Larry Karnowski (Hickorywind.org) as they recap the 2008 Americana Music Conference in Nashvile,…


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Bob Martin

The Long and Winding Road:  Bob Martin and the Re-birth of An Americana Classic

05.06.2008 | Artist: Bob Martin | Reviewed by: Shaun Harvey

Every now and then I come across a masterpiece album that somehow flew underneath my musical radar or because of my age and the tender innocence of…Continue

Fleeting Glimpses and Frozen Hearts: James McMurtry plays with “Just Us Kids”

04.09.2008 | Artist: | Reviewed by: Linda East Brady

In the week prior to the contentious 2004 presidential election, singer/songwriter/guitarist James McMurtry delivered “We Can’t Make it Here”…Continue

Justin Townes Earle

Justin Townes Earle - The Good Life

03.21.2008 | Artist: Justin Townes Earle | Reviewed by: John Walker

“Now what do you do when you’re lonesome,
Where do you go when you’re blue?
And how do you deal with such emotion,
When you’re…Continue


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