Jimmie Rodgers is often called the Father of Country Music, and for good reason: no one looms larger in the genre’s early years. Also known as the Singing Brakeman because of his employment with railroads, he made records that featured yodeling, vocal gymnastics, and colorful, instantly relatable lyrics. He drew inspiration from multiple genres, including […]
Steve Forbert – The Things That I See While this album is not new, it’s a revisit to a collection of tunes remixed at an Asbury Park studio by Steve Greenwell, remastered by Steve Puntolillo in a Freehold, NJ studio for the 10th Anniversary reissue of what was Mr Forbert’s 16th studio LP, 2015’s Compromised. […]
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Steve Forbert “One Lone Leaf” Americana Highways brings you this video premiere of Steve Forbert song “One Lone Leaf” from his recently released album Daylight Savings Time. Daylight Savings Time was produced, mixed and engineered by Steve Greenwell, with executive producer Joe Poletto, and it was mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, Nashville. […]
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Lindsey Buckingham’s ‘20th Century Lindsey,’ plus Steve Forbert and Michael Reynolds It’s not surprising that portions of Lindsey Buckingham’s solo albums could be mistaken for Fleetwood Mac records. For one thing, he contributed immeasurably to the best-known LPs by that group, which he joined in 1975. Moreover, his solo albums have occasionally embraced contributions from […]
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Steve Forbert – Daylight Savings Time Considering when Steve made his debut in 1978 one would have to appreciate how original-sounding Mr. Forbert was. He didn’t sound like anyone at that time. Yet, he had that incisive distinctive sound as different as Dirk Hamilton, John Prine & Bruce Cockburn. In some spots, his vocals sound […]
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Steve Forbert – “Purple Toyota” Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Steve Forbert’s song “Purple Toyota,” from his forthcoming release Daylight Savings Time, which will be released on August 16, via Blue Rose Music “Purple Toyota” will be available on July 12. Daylight Savings Time was produced by Steve Greenwell at Lakehouse Studios, and […]
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Bentley’s Bandstand: June 2024By Bill Bentley Lisa “Little Baby” Andersen, SOUL and Kid Andersen, SPIRITS. Here’s a cool “two albums in one” idea that works perfectly. Kid Andersen is a blues guru who can play just about anything. His guitar blazes the way on all these songs, but with the style the man mixes up […]
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Every little while over his six-decade career, Bob Dylan has debuted some sort of amazingly great project, often just when fans were starting to grumble that his best days were behind him. His latest such effort is Shadow Kingdom, which first appeared as a pay-per-view online concert in July 2021 while the pandemic kept his […]
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Steve Forbert — Moving Through America I first saw Steve Forbert live in 1979, a year after his debut album, in an ugly concrete-walled multi-purpose room at my college just outside of Boston. It’s fair to say that if I had to travel any further (it was across the street from my dorm) or pay […]
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