CD’s I am Diggin’ Right Now is an occasionally occurring series where I casually highlight some discs (new and old) that I think you might like, without boring you with an overly-wordy, metaphor-filled “review” that I often like to bestow upon some other discs. I recently blabbed about Charlie Parr and I went on and [...]
Gina Villalobos is an excellent singer-songwriter from California. Her recent release, Days on Their Side, is without a doubt one of the best records of the year. I recently had a chat via e-mail with her. I have no doubt that you’ll want to run out and pick up her latest, after you read this… [...]
I’m not gonna lie. Every so often I want, and even need, to pop in a record that isn’t some slow, quiet folk-y think piece. Every so often I want to get pumped-up for Friday night, a weekend at the lake or even an afternoon on the patio. When that need for loud and loose encouragement arises, [...]
I really liked his last CD, and really enjoyed his performance at last year’s ACL Fest. For those reasons, I imagine that I will love the new album from Langhorne Slim. Be Set Free will come out on September 29th and Slim will follow with a tour beginning in October. if you haven’t seen him, I highly recommend [...]
A.A. Bondy’s new album, When the Devil’s Loose (Fat Possum - due next week), is absolutely beautiful. I would like to come up with a more elaborate way of explaing how I feel about the album - and rest assured I will - but for the most part it’s just really beautiful. Bondy employs his gentle rasp quite [...]
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