MIKE ZITO & THE WHEEL, Keep Coming Back beats out RADICAL FACE, The Bastards as your favorite for the week of November 6, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25 – […]
Jerry Dale McFadden Shares Stories from a Career Spanning from His Childhood Band The Peanuts to His Current Outfit The Mavericks
Jerry McFadden, long-time keyboard player with the Mavericks, talks about the variety of odd jobs that carried him through the lean times and the benefits of playing together as a band for more than 20 years.
Monday Morning Video – A Premiere from Ronnie Fauss
Built to Break, the 2014 release from Dallas-based artist Ronnie Fauss, is an under-appreciated gem. The album careens across eleven mostly rockin’ tracks that are all burnished with Texas red dirt. Fauss sings about characters who strive for success in love and life but who often miss the mark. He stops short of drawing conclusions; […]
Readers’ Pick: Hwy 62 by Peter Case
PETER CASE, Hwy 62 beats out DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, It’s Great To Be Alive! as your favorite for the week of October 30, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Top 25 – Fall […]
Undeniably Donnie – A Tribute to Funky Donnie Fritts
Muscle Shoals musician and journeyman Donnie Fritts is perhaps most immediately recognizable from his nearly 20 years touring and performing with Kris Kristofferson and appearing in a handful of films (including a trio of director Sam Peckinpah classics). Arguably his greatest talent, however, is as a songwriter. What does it say when an writer’s work […]
Charlie Musselwhite – I Ain’t Lyin’ …
Charlie Musselwhite is one of those guys who has been around so long it’s difficult to picture a blues scene without him. Once among the first American white musicians to embrace the blues, Musselwhite now stands among the top living blues musicians of any color, and, along with James Cotton, one of the most accomplished blues harp […]
Holly Golightly on Rehearsing in a Backyard Shack and the False Economy of Crappy Tour Vans
Georgia by way of the UK singer-songwriter Holly Golightly talks about making time for a restaurant meal while touring (and not the “golden brown only” kind) and the benefit of not relying on income from music.
Monday Morning Video – J.D. McPherson Lets the Good Times Roll
How about some good ol” rock and roll to start your week? This online casino week”s video is courtesy of J.D. McPherson.
Readers’ Pick: My Stupid Heart by Shawn Mullins
SHAWN MULLINS, My Stupid Heart beats out WALTER TROUT, Battle Scars as your favorite for the week of October 23, 2015. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops – Fall 2015 KINKY FRIEDMAN,The […]
Mayer’s Playlist for October 2015, Part 2
ALBUMS OF THE MONTH Didn’t He Ramble, by Glen Hansard Hansard’s latest album is a journey. Across the album’s ten tracks, Hansard takes the listener on a quest for happiness and contentment. Not surprisingly the journey is a meandering one, filled with hopes both realized and dashed. The album begins with a rather defiant tone […]