rescuing musical virtue in distress.
Timing is, as we know, everything and it is something that I’m sure Kenny Roby has contemplated more than a few times over the years. Picture the scene: it's the mid-90’s, the musical elements, sounds and bands that would eventually come to be the alt-country genre are swirling about and gradually coalescing into a new... Continue Reading →
The title may suggest some sort of raggle-taggle, clattering country infused bluegrass, but Billy Roberts and his musical posse are in much slicker territory that it might first suggest. Well, I say slicker, all things are relative, and he has always come from a rough and tumble, bar band sort of place rather than the... Continue Reading →
It is very easy when dealing with artists so deeply woven into the history of music as Joan Baez is to break out the hyperbole; there is plenty of it surrounding her and it is well deserved. Since her debut album saw light of day 57 years ago she has created benchmarks and set trends,... Continue Reading →
Bands returning from a long hiatus have a tendency to take one of two routes. Either they comeback with a view to reliving past glories and deliver an album which reminds you just why side two of their previous release has never been played, or they pour all the intervening years life experience, thought, reflection... Continue Reading →