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Albums worth your time
Fried Chicken & Evil Women
Vincent Neil Emerson
If the name Vincent Neil Emerson isn’t familiar to you yet, hang on to your hat and be ready to get a lesson in good timin’, honky tonkin’, straight outta Texas, country music. The 10 songs on the…
Where The Lonesome Roam
Nick Sizemore
“Capturing a classic country sound with a faraway feel, Nick Sizemore carried a handful of his original songs into the studio with producer Brett Robinson and captured just about the perfect mood for this material. Morose and melancholy,…
Liquor In The Front
The Reverend Horton Heat
I’m a total sucker for the almighty crescendo so this album grabs me from the start. Big Sky coming in hard and heavy, and beautifully transitioning into Baddest of the Bad – It’s not going to prevent any…
Bad News Darlin’
Andrea
“True to their regional heritage, Andrea & Mud’s musical style is a jambalaya of Southern influences mixed with their likeness for sunny West Coast melodies. On their second collaborative effort, Bad News Darlin’, they cultivate a cosmic western…
Mermaid Avenue
Billy Bragg
“Mermaid Avenue is a collection of recently discovered Guthrie lyrics now set to music for the first time. It’s also nothing that the previous work of those involved could have led anyone to expect. Mermaid Avenue is not…
Hog Slop String Band
Hog Slop String Band
“Hog Slop String Band is a Nashville based band comprised of 4 talented young musicians from Georgia & Tennessee. They create and perform cross-genre music that pushes the boundaries of what Old Time music could/should be, blending country,…
Stone Rollin’
Raphael Saadiq
This album is hit after hit from start to finish. No skips. It’s 10 years old! – and was ahead of the times to come, all while paying homage to the roots and classic sounds of the 60’s…
Tonight’s The Night
Neil Young
I was in my early 20’s and I had just moved to Las Vegas. When I arrived, there was a care package of sorts from my dad. At the bottom of that box was a handful of cassette…
Agriculture Tragic
Corb Lund
“Canadian country and western singer-songwriter Corb Lund is a funny guy. He’s also smart, good with wordplay, and knows how to tell a story. Agricultural Tragic is Lund’s 11th studio album, and his experience shows. He performs songs…
Monsters Of Folk
Monsters of Folk
“The new record, Monsters of Folk, took each of the musicians out of his comfort zone: They traded instruments — including drums, not a specialty for any of them — and learned to write songs collectively. Despite the…
