This 50-song collection tells the story of America through songs from the year 1492 to modern times. Song of America contains a diverse line-up of artists willing to sing in the name of America. Some of the artists include The Blind Boys of Alabama, John Mellencamp,...
By James Calemine The Athens, Georgia, band Widespread Panic’s last 22 years proved a formidable career. Panic travel like road warriors. They always appear on top 50 live groups earnings, and they’ve sold over 3 million albums by ignoring mainstream trends. In 2002,...
North Carolina native Jonathan Wilson's Frankie Ray contains the work of a talented songwriter. These quiet songs evoke a subterranean sound with astral lyrics painted around memorable melody. Wilson moved to Los Angeles a few years ago. He's playing shows and...
By James Calemine Joey Lauren Adams' directorial debut proves timeless. This film was selected by the Sundance Film Festival in 2006, and nominated for the prestigious Grand Jury Prize. Early Come Morning transpires in Adams' home-state, Arkansas, where vivid...
Long Gone is a baseball story. Stud Cantrell manages a Class-D Florida team in 1956. Stud’s life intersects with his lover Dixie Lee Box, a young second baseman named Jamie Weeks and a black catcher–Jose Brown pretending to be Venezuelan–to avoid local racists in this life-altering season for them all.
Clinton goes on to write: “…America eats its young. But we eat America, pollute it, abuse it, rape it, take from it, destroy it. As we give so do we receive…Christ help us: it’s not easy…The only way is to love our enemies!”
By James Calemine These days Tom T. Hall lays relatively low. Known as a top-drawer songwriter, author and storyteller, Hall's 2007 release Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. finds the Kentuckian singing about coal mines, displaced families and dead soldiers....
Orphaned at an early age, Champion Jack Dupree grew up in New Orleans. Dupree spent most of his time in the mean streets and music joints playing piano. Blues From The Gutter represents one of Jack Dupree’s finest recordings. Tom Dowd recorded this ten song selection...
“In my hour of darkness, In my hour of need Oh Lord grant me vision Oh Lord grant me speed.” --Gram Parsons A veritable writer once said, “Death is a great career move.” No finer example exists of this statement than the life of Gram Parsons. Arguably,...
The Byrds’ classic country record, 1968’s Sweetheart of the Rodeo, has been reissued with unreleased Gram Parsons vocal tracks. This new two-disc release proves worth the price for just the unheard Parsons versions. In a contract dispute, record president Lee...