Favorite Albums of March 2025 You voted! And now the results from the readers’ vote for favorite albums of March 2025 releases are in! Congratulations top ten! What a great bunch of albums this month! Check out the list just to see what else was new, too. The top five will be featured in our […]
Kinky Friedman – Poet of Motel 6 Fortunately, this is a wonderful but unfortunately posthumous set by the ever-creative artist & iconic storyteller Kinky Friedman. The songs were written at his Echo Hill Ranch in Texas & address departure, gratitude, resilience & vulnerability, performed with emotional authenticity. The last 10 songs of the cigar-loving Kinky’s […]
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Kinky Friedman’s Poet of Motel 6, plus Chris Walz The late Kinky Friedman, a cigar-smoking novelist, country-rock musician, and two-time Texas gubernatorial candidate, had a decidedly idiosyncratic personality. That came across starting with his first album, 1973’s Sold American, which he recorded with his group, the Texas Jewboys. Black humor, sarcasm, and downright silliness permeate […]
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Americana Highways Musicians Obituaries – May-July 2024 John Mayall @ 90 – A legendary English blues great who dedicated his life to the genre, played with some legendary greats like John Lee Hooker & Champion Jack Dupree & single-handedly discovered & gave breaks to some of the most successful & famous musicians in rock & […]
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