By James Calemine Jimmy Herring ranks as one of the finest guitarists in the country. In his 30-year career Herring...
The Jimmy Herring Interview: Playing in the Bands
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Dispatches
Marc Ford & The Neptune Blues Club
By James Calemine The Neptune Blues Club counts as Marc Ford's third solo album. Ford's previous musical...
Baby, How Can It Be? Songs of Love, Lust And Contempt From The 1920s And 1930s
Disc Two—Lust—gets down to the nitty-gritty. Essential tracks emerge as “Pussy” by Harry Ray, “It’s Heated” by Frankie Jaxon, “There’s More Pretty Girls Than One” by Rutherford & Foster and “How I Got My Gal” by the Clyde Evans Band.
Emmylou Harris: All I Intended To Be
All I Intended To Be writes Emmylou Harris’ name in the eternal book of soulful messengers…
Widespread Panic Archives Release #1 Carbondale 12/1/00
By James Calemine “Jack was really a jester Who held his one good eye on the queen…” By December 2000—when Widespread...
GOODBYE, BABYLON: A Patchwork Quilt of American Music
By James Calemine "Two white horses side by side/Me and My Lord gon' take a ride." Goodbye, Babylon exists...
Tooth of Crime: T-Bone Burnett
By James Calemine Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Burnett grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. Burnett’s career continues...
Charlie Musselwhite Interview: The Master of Smokestack Lightning
Charlie Musselwhite Interview: The Master of Smokestack Lightning John Lee Hooker served as best man at Charlie...
James Davis: Georgia Drumbeat
James Davis grew up on a farm in Perry, Georgia, located in rural Houston County, near Macon. He began playing guitar...
Ryan Bingham: Mescalito
Recorded at Compound Studios in California, Ryan Bingham’s Mescalito proves this young man is a musical force....
The Black Crowes: Warpaint
Warpaint represents Atlanta, Georgia’s, The Black Crowes’ seventh studio album.
Gary Louris: Vagabonds
Gary Louris, co-founder of the Jayhawks, proves songwriting remains his strength on Vagabonds. Louris, an outstanding...