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Music Posts
Craig Brewer’s Black Snake Moan
By James Calemine Arkansas born, Craig Brewer's Black Snake Moan exists as a fine film. Samuel L. Jackson added another great performance to his repertoire. Christina Ricci, covered only by a sleeveless-belly t-shirt for most of the film, gives a great performance of...
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 Panic played at the Southern Illinois University Arena—they sounded like a finely tuned rock and roll locomotive. This Carbondale show counts as the...
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 as one of the most esteemed spiritual music collections ever released. This fine-crafted cedar box, packaged with raw cotton, contains 5 CDs, totaling...
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 gaining steam over the years. He’s worked with Bob Dylan, Delaney & Bonnie, Ry Cooder, Roy Orbison, Elvis Costello and the Coen Brothers (O Brother,...
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 Musselwhite’s wedding. Musselwhite continues recording in this day and age even though his career began with some of the country’s seminal bluesman. The...
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 as a child. His sister is the great gospel singer–and fellow Music Maker Foundation recipient–Essie Mae Brooks. Born in 1931, Davis played for thirty...
Ryan Bingham: Mescalito
Recorded at Compound Studios in California, Ryan Bingham’s Mescalito proves this young man is a musical force. Ex-Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford produced this record. Ford also plays electric, slide, acoustic, lap steel, bass guitars as well as a little B3 organ....
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 guitarist, concentrates on the flowing word grams of his lyrics amid this sparse, un-electric sound. Produced by The Black Crowes’ Chris...