Compact Capsules for 8/18/08 by Dan Ferguson Andre Williams & the New Orleans Hellhounds Can You Deal With It? Bloodshot Records The elder statesman of salacious R&B and the voice behind raunchy cult classics like “Bacon Fat”, “Greasy Chicken” and …
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Compact Capsules for 8/7/08 by Dan Ferguson Laura Cantrell Trains & Boats & Planes Diesel Only Records While it has been only three years, it seems like an eternity since the last record from NYC-based songstress Laura Cantrell. First-time motherhood …
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Compact Capsules for 7/26/08 by Dan Ferguson Larry Lange & his Lonely Nights Crazy, Crazy Baby Texas Jamboree Records TJCS6901 To understand the music of Larry Lange & His Lonely Nights, all one need do is skip ahead to track …
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Compact Capsules for 7/08/08 by Dan Ferguson Heybale The Last Country Album Shuffle 5 Records The one stop shop in Austin on a Sunday evening for some authentic C&W? Search no further than the esteemed venue The Continental Club for …
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Compact Capsules for 6/26/08 by Dan Ferguson Alejandro Escovedo Real Animal Back Porch/Manhattan 82411 Since the 1990s, he’s delivered some of the most artful music I’ve laid ears on such that there was no pegging Alejandro Escovedo. While the proclivity …
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Compact Capsules for 6/18/08 by Dan Ferguson Carolyn Mark Nothing Is Free Mint Roc Records MRD-107 The boozy, light-hearted cocktail haze hanging over much of Vancouver-based singer/songwriter Carolyn Mark’s previous three solo albums takes a backseat on Nothing Is Free. …
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Compact Capsules for 6/04/08 by Dan Ferguson James McMurtry Just Us Kids Lightning Rod Records LR-95022 Few songwriters can speak their mind as literately as James McMurtry. On Just Us Kids, McMurtry’s narratives are oft-times flat-out flaming in expressing his …
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Compact Capsules for 05/22/08 by Dan Ferguson The Tough & Lovely Teardrops Spoonful Records CD-SR-008 The ‘60s haze hanging over Teardrops from Columbus-based The Tough & Lovely is undeniable. A band as at home in the garage as it is …
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Compact Capsules for 05/14/08 by Dan Ferguson Justin Townes Earle The Good Life Bloodshot Records BS-151 His middle name is Townes and surname Earle. You guess who his dad is? On his Bloodshot Records debut, Nashville-based Justin Townes Earle demonstrates …
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Two for the prices of one this time out, folks. We start with the road trip. The M.O. was to fly to Indiana to help the oldest move from her current residence to a different one where she’ll live when …
