Link: Bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent did very well at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards this week, bringing home Entertainer of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year, and Album of the Year for Dailey & Vincent Sing The Statler Brothers. The song “Elizabeth” was also nominated for Song of the Year, and […]
Markus Rill: My riff on a Tweet
[v=_fj0ZiK168Y] I stumbled on Markus Rill this week. Or rather, I should say, Markus Rill stumbled across me, over on Twitter. I tweeted about a European alt.country festival and he tweeted back. I checked out his links…. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams) He’s good. Reminds me of Tom Waits, what little I […]
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
[v=G5j9GZMcEOA] I’m really feeling this tune today. This week. This year. It’s the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Where do we take it from here Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars We’ve been the same way for years We need to change Some days I’m feeling Hank. Some days I’m feeling it Waylon. Some […]
Festival Season in a Northern State of Mind
[v=-4l8I-ejQ1M] Been awhile hibernating in my Northern State, but soon I hope festival season will be upon us. I’ve been drooling over the line-up at Merle-fest, coming up soon. Soon as in Southern State height-of-spring end-of-April optimism that a Northern Boy like me can not fully understand nor appreciate. April in the North is still a […]
The Elders, 1849
[v=GgLhlgROtPY] A bit o’ St. Patrick’s Day treat. This is The Elders, 1849, at Iowa Irish Fest last year. Buy it here. 1849 Lyrics by Mike Bliss ©2000 They traveled across the angry sea in 1849 With all that they could carry They traveled sick, they traveled blind Their home, the starving island, just a […]
JC's Albums Played in 2009
Do you remember albums? The awkard way you had to flip thru the bin at the record store. Cover art that with real estate worth the effort. The unique feeling you got breaking the shrink-wrap on a large platter of vinyl. Anticipating the hiss and pop of analog playback. Anticipating when you had to jump […]
JC's Americana Best of 2009
Americana is such a great wide fraternity that I am seldom satisfied with the majority of year end “Best of” picks. The tree grows broad and wide over American roots music. How then can I assume you, dear reader, care to read my own opinion on the subject? Perhaps only the triumph of hope over […]
Lighten Up, It's Christmas
[v=HdEAcIzXV68] Self-explanatory reminder for the holiday season, from The Geezinslaws c.1992. Lighten up. It is Christmas after all. A little something on the artists, from Wikipedia: The Geezinslaw Brothers, also known as The Geezinslaws, is an Austin, Texas-based country music comedy duo consisting of Sammy Allred and Dewayne “Son” Smith. They have been performing for more […]
A Little Turkey Shuffle for Thanksgiving
[v=G6TN6xPiPdg] In honor of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States, I wanted to share some Chris Stuart with you. In 2003, Californian Chris Stuart & Backcountry released a nice Americana/bluegrass album called Saints & Strangers. I played it on KRFC-FM and I wish I had the album now. The title track related to the […]
Cadillac Sky on Mountain Stage
[v=TuoYEQ0sUCk] Bryan Simpson from Cadillac Sky talks about the band and their music during their visit to public radio’s Mountain Stage. Not the best quality on the stage sound on the video, but nice insight on where these young guys are and where they think they’re going. C-Sky came out of the Southern bluegrass […]
