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Bill’s Blues Based Best of 2018

Thursday, December 27, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

Once again, I have compiled my inexpert list of the blues-based albums that I liked the most from the past year. Here we go: 1. Eric Bibb – Global Griot. I like experimentation, and that is something Bibb is not afraid to do, as his last several albums all include interesting collaborations and stylistic blends. […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Blues, Reviews, Roots, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Al Basile, Ben Harper, Bernard Allison, Beth Hart, Blue & Lonesome Duo, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, Charlie Musselwhite, Colin James, Crystal Shawanda, Dave Keller, Eric Bibb, Joe Bonamassa, John Oates, Marcia Ball, Mike Zito, Ray Bonneville, Ry Cooder, Shemekia Copeland, Victor Wainwright, Walter Wolfman Washington

Joachim Cooder – Fuchsia Machu Picchu

Thursday, June 14, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

Listening to Joachim Cooder’s EP Fuchsia Machu Picchu, it’s easy to see how his famous father Ry Cooder got the atmospheric feel that dominates many of the tracks on The Prodigal Son, released last month. Cooder the Younger, who turns 40 later this summer, has been a drummer, percussionist and keyboardist on his father’s team for many […]

Filed Under: Alternative, Reviews Tagged With: Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder – The Prodigal Son

Tuesday, May 08, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

In a somber chat between Jesus Christ and Woody Guthrie, Jesus cautions Woody that the “engine of hate” that fueled Woody’s struggles last century was back again and “you good people better get together or you ain’t got a chance anymore.” That sums up how Ry Cooder paints today’s world in “Jesus and Woody,” one […]

Filed Under: Americana, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Ry Cooder

2014 Americana Music Awards

Thursday, October 02, 2014 By Shawn Underwood

On September 17th, the glitterati of the Americana Music Scene gathered at the historic Ryman Theater for their annual Awards show and presentation.  Mayer and I were lucky enough to procure a seat to the festivities.  You can get a full list of the award nominees and winners here, but these are the highlights from our […]

Filed Under: Americana, Americana Music Conference, Blues, Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Reviews, Rock, Soul/R&B Tagged With: Amanda Shires, Buddy Miller, Carlene Carter, Flaco Jimenez, Jason Isbell, Jimmie Rodgers, Johnny Cash, Keb Mo, Marty Stuart, Parker Millsap, Roseanne Cash, Ry Cooder, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Taj Mahal

John Hiatt – Terms of My Surrender

Thursday, July 17, 2014 By Bill Wilcox

John Hiatt has long been one of the mainstays of Americana music.  Throughout his long career, Hiatt has been known for great songwriting and musicianship, but of all his earthy Americana releases, Terms of My Surrender is certainly his grittiest and arguably his most enjoyable work to date. Despite some early success as a songwriter, Hiatt was […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: John Hiatt, Little Village, Ry Cooder

Eric Bibb & Habib Koite – Brothers in Bamako

Friday, November 09, 2012 By Bill Wilcox

Bluesman Eric Bibb is the latest in a succession of American musicians to get his passport stamped in Mali since Ry Cooder and the late Ali Farka Toure won the Grammy for Best World Music Recording in 1994.  Bibb’s fine collaboration with Malian Habib Koite, Brothers in Bamako, stands up well next to Cooder and Toure’s Talking Timbuktu; […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Blues, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Afel Bocoum, Ali Farka Toure, Ballake Sissoko, Bela Fleck, Boubacar Traore, Corey Harris, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks, Eric Bibb, Habib Koite, Idrissa Soumaoro, John Scofield, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mali, Oumou Sangare, Paul Simon, Ry Cooder, Salif Keita, Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate, Vieux Farka Toure

Mayer’s Playlist for December 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Too Drunk to Truck, by Roy Sludge This album was tailor-made for Twangville. Old school in all the best ways, it might as well be a collection of lost classics from the Sun Studios archive. The title track kicks off the album with a strong indication of what will follow. Yup, […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Country, Downloads, Playlists, Reviews, Rock, Rockabilly, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Bruce Springsteen, David Lindley, Harrison Hudson, High On Stress, Ian McLagan, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Kingsley Flood, Leon Russell, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Maxim Ludwig and the Santa Fe Seven, Oldjack, Roy Sludge, Ry Cooder, Scotty Alan, The Deep Dark Woods, the Rolling Stones, Willie Nile

David Bromberg and Ry Cooder

Tuesday, November 01, 2011 By Bill Wilcox

The release of new albums by two masters of roots music this summer flew pretty much under the radar. Both David Bromberg and Ry Cooder have churned out album after album of Americana spanning folk to R&B since the early 1970s. Bromberg’s career has been the oddest, with long periods of withdrawal from public performance […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: David Bromberg, Dr. John, John Hiatt, John Lee Hooker, Keb Mo, Levon Helm, Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Ry Cooder, Tim O'Brien, Vince Gill, Widespread Panic

The Legacy of Townes and Sir Douglas

Monday, March 30, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

Spring brings us two phenomenal releases honoring the legacy of Texas music pioneers Doug Sahm and Townes Van Zandt. The recently released Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm (Vanguard Records) pays tribute to San Antonio native Doug Sahm. Sahm established himself in 1965 as leader of the Sir Douglas Quintet, a band whose […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Alt-Country, Downloads, Features, Folk, In Memoriam, News, Reviews, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Alejandro Escovedo, Austin, Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Sexton, Dave Alvin, Doug Sahm, Greg Dulli, Joe Ely, Kinks, London, Nashville, New Jersey, New York, Ry Cooder, Steve Earle, Terry Allen, Townes Van Zandt

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