In the hopes of maybe, just maybe scaring the cold and snow away, this week’s Compact Capsules dives into a style of music which for many conjures up summertime images of warm, sultry weather, blue skies, and green mountain tops. …
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Searching for that one-stop shop with reissues collections galore spanning big band to psychedelic to ’70s rock to yesteryear country & western to blues to jazz to new wave? Then give the mail order outfit Collector’s Choice Music a look-see. …
Continue Reading “CD Reviews for 03/18/05 (Doug Sahm, Rank & File) by Dan Ferguson”
Perhaps no independent label can match Koch Records-Nashville as of late when it comes to delivering the goods, hardcore country-style. Just last year saw the release of Austin honky tonker Dale Watson’s debut for Koch called Dreamland as well as …
Chris Stamey Experience A Question Of Temperature Yep Roc YEP-2090 Three days last summer, in the heart of Hoboken, New Jersey of all places, was about all it took to create A Question Of Temperature from the Chris Stamey Experience. …
Ask me to pick a label to keep an eye on and it’s hard not to place Anti Records at or near the top of the list. With a roster that includes the likes of Tom Waits, the late Elliot …
Recent reissue collections from the Virginia-based Rebel and County record labels are in this week’s Compact Capsules spotlight. Since the early 1960s, the two labels have been responsible for a host of bluegrass and old timey releases with Rebel sticking …
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Based in England and labeled the “hippest world music label going” by Entertainment Weekly magazine, the Honest Jons record label is a “creative” partnership between the proprietors of London’s legendary Honest Jons record shop and Blur frontman Damon Albarn, dedicated …
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Ben Weaver Stories Under Nails Fugawee Bird FBR-02415 Have to confess that of the many recordings that come this way, in the grand scheme of things only a handful find their way to these pages. Like most anybody, too often …
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Reissues are in the spotlight this week as we once again turn the attention to recent offerings from New York State-based Sundazed Music. Seminal Country Rock He’s oft-times referred to as the “Father of Country Rock”. Gram Parsons was his …
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This week closes out our three installments of “clearing the desk’” where Compact Capsules plays catch-up on releases from 2004 that there was all the intention of covering during the year, but one for reason or another fell through the …
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