Compact Capsules for 02/08/07 by Dan Ferguson The week marks our first Compact Capsules of the year featuring 2007 releases. We’ve got a terrific, roots-leaning pair of recording to kick the year off in rousing fashion what with new wax …
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Compact Capsules for 01/29/07 by Dan Ferguson We’ve spent the month of January playing catch-up on some 2006 releases which caught the ears and eyes of this cat, but circumstances did not permit a timely review. This week wraps things …
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Compact Capsules for 01/19/07 by Dan Ferguson For the next few weeks we catch up on some 2006 releases which caught the ear of this cat, but time did not permit a timely review. As usual, independent releases continue to …
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Compact Capsules for 01/12/07 by Dan Ferguson For the next few weeks we catch up on some 2006 releases which caught the ear of this cat, but time did not permit a timely review. As usual, independent releases continue to …
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Compact Capsules Best of 2006 by Dan Ferguson If I had to pick a common thread running through the Compact Capsules favorite releases of 2006, it’s the soul factor. Maybe it was relocating my kid 2000-plus miles to Austin. Memphis …
Compact Capsules for 12/15/06 by Dan Ferguson Tom Waits Orphans Anti Records 86677 During a recent interview for NPR’s Weekend Edition to talk about his latest release called Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, Tom Waits more or less said he …
Compact Capsules for 12/08/06 by Dan Ferguson Here at Compact Capsules Central we gets lots of CDs in the mail. Few incoming packages excite as much as those with the Norton Records return address. The year 2006 marks 20 years …
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Compact Capsules for 11/25/06 by Dan Ferguson Chris Smither Leave the Light On Signature Sounds SIG-2001 Equate the latest release from veteran singer, songwriter and ace fingerpicker Chris Smither as the aural equivalent of comfort food. His twelfth album, Leave …
Compact Capsules for 11/15/06 by Dan Ferguson Dave Insley Here With You Tonight DIR Records DIR-RM 119 Dave Insley plays country music, but not the boot-scootin’, high gloss Nashville kind. Insley first made inroads out of Tucson, Arizona thanks to …
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Compact Capsules for 11/02/06 by Dan Ferguson Going all the way back to releases from early last Spring, we play a bit of catch-up this week devoting the space to the latest batch of releases from indie label New West …
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