Previously I identified Twilight Hotel as a gem that could be easily missed in the plethora of releases on July 29th. The other one is Jewly Hight – Darlin’ Understand. Hight is a music critic who is releasing her first album. In fact, you have probably read her in No Depression. Well, she needs to […]
Hidden Gems Part 1 – Twilight Hotel
Tuesday is going to be a big day for new releases. Because of this fact, a couple of Gems releasing on 1-29 that could easily get lost in the Hoopla. Twilight Hotel Highway Prayer is the first one I would like to point out. This Winnipeg based male-female duo enlisted fellow Canadian Colin Linden to […]
The Wreckers ‘Way Back Home: Live From New York’, a Giveaway
**NOTE: Contest is now closed. You can still participate but will no longer be eligible for the giveaway.** Back in 2006 I listed The Wreckers as my guilty pleasure of the year. That feeling hasn’t subsided. For some reason, I still dig these chicks. Most of my reasoning is quite shallow as my wife reminds […]
Best Albums of 2007 (Tom’s Picks)
Top 10 lists are relative in that they are best judged against the music the reviewer was exposed to and spent enough time listening to to properly analyze. For this reason, many fine albums of 2007 didn’t make my list. I had every intention of purchasing Steve Earle’s and Bettye Lavette’s albums in time to […]
Drive-By-Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
When a band has a shakeup in its’ lineup critics will often look skeptically at their follow up album. But when the follow up is an epic 70 minute 19 song project, even a reasonable critic has to wonder if they can pull it off. Fortunately for us the Truckers not only pull it off, […]
Rich McCulley/cerro gordo
The first thing I thought when I popped cerro gordo into my CD player was, “Is this Guster?â€Â Well, actually no, it wasn’t, it was Rich McCulley. But it sure as hell sounded like Guster. McCulley’s vocals were eerily similar to that of Ryan Miller and the poppy upbeat opener “Forget It All Again†could […]
Todd’s Tops of 2007
Favorite Albums:  Neil Young/Live at Massey Hall – So, some folks call it a reissue, but it’s the first time I’ve heard it and I believe, the first time its been released. Yeah, it was a concert that took place over 30 years ago but still new to my ears and it was one […]
Dan Israel – Turning
A late release in 2007 that I almost overlooked is Dan Israel’s Turning. In fact this albume has become a late year Twangville fave. Israel has been around a while from the Midwest to Austin and back again. He has opened for acts as diverse as Morissey, Spoon and Peter Himmelman. He has won songwriter […]
Klausner Music Newsletter 2007, Year-End Musings by Bobby K
Hey Everybody, As always, the following is a link to ITunes to download a playlist of some of my favorite songs of the year: BOBBY K’S 2007 PICKS. This playlist contains a song from most of the records I reviewed below, as well as some other great songs from 2007. I took great care in […]
Sara Lynn Single and Video to be Released to US Country Radio in early 2008
Steel Jack Music Group released Sara Lynn’s debut album Thing for You on September 30th. However, they are going to do a major US radio promotion for the album and the first single, which is the title cut, in early 2008. The Canadian Country Diva has all of the ingredients to a popular mainstream country […]