Compact Capsules for 01/16/08 by Dan Ferguson Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh Holdin’ Our Own Stag Records STAG-011 In the tradition of such revered duos as George & Tammy, Conway & Loretta, and even Johnny & June, the Austin-based pairing …
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Compact Capsules Best of 2007 by Dan Ferguson Mary Weiss, Dangerous Game (Norton) Hands-down the comeback album of the year comes from former Shangri-Las front-lady Weiss backed by garage rockers The Reigning Sound. Talk about a marriage made in heaven. …
Compact Capsules for 12/19/07 by Dan Ferguson Heavy Trash Going Way Out With Heavy Trash Yep Roc Records YEP2133 It begins with a raw-as-red-meat slab of primitive rockabilly, hiccupin’ vocal patter and all, called “Pure Gold”. Ghosts of Charlie Feathers …
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Compact Capsules for 12/12/07 by Dan Ferguson Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings 100 Days 100 Nights Dap Tone Records DAP-012 At 51, Sharon Jones is a soul survivor. Hailing from the same Georgia ‘burg that gave us J.B., Jones, …
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Compact Capsules for 12/05/07 by Dan Ferguson Elizabeth Cook Balls 31 Tigers Records TOT3101 Right off the bat, it takes balls to call an album Balls, especially if you’re a woman. Coming from a free thinker like Elizabeth Cook (who …
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Compact Capsules for 11/26/07 by Dan Ferguson Dwight Yoakam Dwight Sings Buck New West Records NW6129 Here’s thinking that good songs are easily half the battle when it comes to making a decent record. When it’s an album of all …
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Compact Capsules for 11/14/07 by Dan Ferguson Johnny Cash The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show Columbia Music Video 88697-04026 One word describes the 66 clips comprising this DVD of performances culled from Johnny Cash’s short-lived, circa 1969-71 variety …
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Compact Capsules for 11/07/07 by Dan Ferguson Deadstring Brothers Silver Mountain Bloodshot Records BS-147 A serious jones for the circa-1970s Stones fills the grooves of Silver Mountain, the latest from Detroit-based Deadstring Brothers. Where they break free is female vocalist …
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Compact Capsules for 10/22/07 by Dan Ferguson Charlie Sizemore Good News Rounder 0591 I vividly remember the first time I heard Charlie Sizemore. It was 1993 and an album called Back Home. Still pining over the tragic death of country …
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Compact Capsules for 10/10/07 by Dan Ferguson Roger Wallace It’s About Time Natchez Street RW-6000 What with it five years since his last longplayer, the title of under-the-radar honky tonker Roger Wallace’s new album is quite appropriate. Listening to the …
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