Sleepy John Estes – Newport Blues
Culled from a recently unearthed set of tapes originally recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, Sleepy John is obviously comfortable sharing the...
Johnny Cash – Ride This Train
In 1986, after 28 years and (literally) hundreds of albums worth of
material with the label, Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash.
Seems American institutions weren't selling...
Bill Thomas – Ain’t Halfsteppin’
Don't know where Bill came from, but I hope he sticks around. A short bio I received with the disc indicates he's been...
Florence Dore – Perfect City
Like her stablemates, the Star Room Boys, Florence Dore creates songs with a visceral organic link to traditional American music. Perfect City, Dore's...
Chris Duarte – Love Is Greater Than Me
Chris Duarte is a great guitarist.
Of the current crop of players aspiring to the permanently vacated Texas chair, Chris' stuff rises closest to the...
The Country Gentlemen – The Complete Vanguard Recordings
If you listen to vintage Bill Monroe recordings, then to current bluegrass from the likes of Allison Krauss, it's hard to see how we...
Tony Joe White – Snakey
The title track that opens the Swamp Fox's latest offering sounds almost like a variation on his bluesy "As A Crow Flies," from 1972's...
AC/DC – Family Jewels DVD
Like AC/DC? As in, a whole lotta AC/DC? If so, check out this massive 40-track/2-DVD set. Hardcore Angus-philes will dig that the first disc...
Janis Ian – Billie’s Bones
My fondness for Janis Ian comes as no surprise to longtime VG readers. My monthly column is named after one of her songs,...
Hadden Sayers Band – 12 Bars and the Naked Truth
There's no question what you're going to get when you hear one of Hadden Sayers' records. It's rock and roll, plain and simple. No...