An occasional feature showcasing excellent music by little-known artists who (generally) only put out one or two albums. This one is unique, as I’ve never owned the actual album or even seen the cover. I’ve never seen it for sale on ebay, or anywhere else on the Internet. So, yeah, it’s pretty obscure – but Holler,…
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2016: Sixteen Music Things I Loved this Year
In some ways, 2016 was a grim year. A lot of great musicians died, there was divisive political turmoil in the U.S., the environment continued to take a beating worldwide (including up the road from me where even more subdivisions replace the last sections of woods and farms in the area), and the media got…
Cabinet of Obscurites: “Rock & Roll Summer Camp 98”
An occasional feature showcasing excellent music by little-known artists who (generally) only put out one or two albums. It’s raucous. It’s communal. It’s a rock n’ roll summer camp! Back in the 1990s, Chris Hudson, cousin of Americana/roots band Blue Mountain’s leader Cary Hudson, had a small record label called Black Dog. In the summer of…
The Unexpected Rise of Wilco
Voted “Least Likely to Succeed”. If there was an alt country yearbook for the class of 1994/1995, Jeff Tweedy probably would have received that designation from the critics as well as the record-buying public. Uncle Tupelo, the band he had fronted with Jay Farrar since 1990, had just split up. Tweedy quickly formed Wilco, while…
2011: Favorites of the Year
This was going to be my top 10 favorite albums released in 2011, but it’s turned out to be 15. And why not? Why does everybody always have to do top 10 lists? Top 15 lists are better. Really. Here they are (in no particular order), with a sample track from each: A Hidden Wholeness,…
R.E.M. in the 80’s
R.E.M. in the 1980’s had an aura of mystery. The impenetrable lyrics, the jangly guitar-based sound, which harkened back to the days of The Byrds and beyond. The album cover art – kudzu covered railway bridges, gargoyles, folk art collages. The famous fact that each band member wanted their playing/singing mixed lower than the rest…
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