Jim Lauderdale – Country Super Hits Volume 2 Jim’s been a top-tier country artist for years. The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter is as rural as George Strait, as quirky as Lyle Lovett, edgy as Steve Earle & always as good a songwriter as Guy Clark, Joe Ely, Townes van Zandt, & Lucinda Williams, among others. Lauderdale […]
Lee Hunter & the Gatherers The Ground Beneath My Feet Lee Hunter & the Gatherers have a new album of sweetly sung folk songs: The Ground Beneath My Feet. It’s twelve songs: four traditionals including “Shenandoah,” “The Water Is Wide,” “Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green,” and “Lover’s Ghost,” a Richard Thompson song “Farewell, Farewell,” a […]
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Memphis Royal Brothers – Self-Titled This is an interesting release with multiple name performers who add to the curiosity that is this illuminating project. There are 8 tidy soulfully rendered pieces by varied award-winning vocalists on Memphis Royal Brothers – Self-Titled (Drops July 26/Royal Records/40:00) produced by Grammy-Award-winning Boo Mitchell with Richard Bolen. While the […]
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Jim Lauderdale – My Favorite Place This singer-songwriter may be on an independent label but he’s an artist that’s a major talent & he’s been around the barn a few times. It’s instantly recognizable when he starts his new set with “My Favorite Place.” He’s in there tight with cool methods used by Clint Black, […]
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Jim Lauderdale photo by @MikeDunnUSA Americana Highways’ Key to the Highway series Fans always clamor to learn more about their favorite, most beloved musicians and those who travel with them. There’s such an allure to the road, with its serendipity, inevitable surprises, and sometimes unexpected discomforts. This interview series is a set of questions we […]
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Jim Lauderdale — Game Changer Review by Mark Pelavin Game Changer is Americana icon Jim Lauderdale’s 35th album, a body of work whose quality and quantity clearly mark him as a Nashville institution. In fact, this year he is nominated for the Nashville Songwriter’s Hall of Fame which would be added to his Lifetime Achievement […]
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