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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Malin Pettersen: Americana from the Land of the Midnight Sun

October 20, 2020October 20, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Aaron Goodrich, George Jones, Malin Pettersen, Misa Arriaga, Nashville, Norway, Ryan Keith, Wildhorse

The Norwegian singer and songwriter traveled to Nashville to capture the spirit of George Jones and Billy Sherrill on her new album, Wildhorse

Blues North Americana Rock

Dane Clark: Uplifting Songs for Trying Times

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Carlene Carter, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dane Clark, Dane Clark and the Backroom Boys, Jimmy Cliff, John Hiatt, John Mellencamp, John Sebastian, pandemic, Songs of Isolation

The longtime Mellencamp bandmate and his Backroom Boys deliver twelve songs written to inspire and amuse us during these unusual times

North Americana

Gurf Morlix: Love in the Time of COVID

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Americana, Austin, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Gurf Morlix, Kiss of the Diamondback, Lucinda Williams, Quarantine

Talking music and quarantine with Lucinda Williams’ onetime guitar guru

Bluegrass North Americana

The Dillards: Bluegrass for Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday

September 15, 2020September 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Bernie Leadon, Bluegrass, Cheryl White, Don Henley, Doug Dillard, Gary Smith, George Giddens, Herb Pedersen, Old Road New Again, Ricky Skaggs, Rodney Dillard, Sharon White, The Dillards, The Eagles, Tony Wray, Wheatstraw Suite. Andy Griffith

An exclusive chat with Rodney Dillard about maintaining an American legacy

Blues

Bobby Rush: Back to the Raw Roots of The Blues

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Black Lives Matter, Bobby Rush, Chitlin Circuit, Howin’ Wolf, Mississippi, Muddy Waters, Rawer Than Raw, Skip James

At 86, the blues great pays homage to the Mississippi masters who guide his path

Country and/or Western

ALBUMS: Colter Wall Makes Cowboy Music From Canada

September 2, 2020September 3, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Canada, Colter Wall, Country Music, Marty Robbins, Patrick Lyons, Western Swing, Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs, Woody Guthrie

It’s all holstein sofas, wagon wheel chandeliers and Louis L’Amour novels on Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs

Post-Punk Rock

Oozelles: Post-Apocalyptic Rockers from Los Angeles

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments CAN, Cramps, Dante White Aliano, David Orlando, Gang of Four, Gregory Marino, Jada Wagensomer, Los Lobos, Oozelles, Phillipp Minnig, Samuel Banuelos, Steely Dan, Sun Ra, The Birthday Party, The Clash, The Gun Club

A quirky, cryptic and compelling chat with lead Oozer Dante White Aliano

Electronic jazz Soul

Good Co: Seattle’s Finest Party Band Keeps Swingin’ While Sheltered

July 30, 2020August 3, 2020 j. poet 1 Comment Duke Ellington, Electro-Swing, Good Co, Quarantine, Seattle

America’s best Electro-Swing band keeps expanding its musical horizons on fourth album, So Pretty

jazz Poetry

Jaki Shelton Green: Poetry for the Pandemic

July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina, Paul Venable, Poet Laureate, poetry, The River Speaks Of Thirst

North Carolina Poet Laureate’s first album, The River Speaks of Thirst, features poems that take on America’s historical crimes with truth, compassion and a hope for a better future

Hard Rock

Just Like A Bomb That’s Ready To Blow: Back In Black Turns 40

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, AC/DC, Angus Young, Back in Black, Bon Scott, Brian Johnson, George Young, Hell's Bells, Malcolm Young, Mark Evan, Phil Rudd, Shoot To Thrill

Looking back at AC/DC’s meteoric rise from unexpected tragedy

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

Doc Watson and Gathier Carlton: The Debut Album of an American Icon

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments David Grisman, Doc Watson, Elektra, Gaither Carlton, Jac Holzman, John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Pete Seeger, Pete Seigel, Smithsonian Folkways, The Even Dozen Jug Band

Record producer Peter Siegel shares his memories of the recordings he made the night of Watson’s first New York City concerts in 1962

Folk North Americana

John McCutcheon: A Voice Of Sanity with a Message of Reconciliation

June 12, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine, COVID-19, folk, John McCutcheon, Pete Seeger, Quarantine

The new album, Cabin Fever: Songs From The Quarantine, features tales of hope and resilience for this trying time

Roots

Hard Times Ain’t Nothin’ New

May 15, 2020May 16, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Alan Lomax, Eastern Kentucky., Going Away, italy Haiti, Jelly Roll Morton, John Lomax, Lead Belly and Muddy Waters, Sid Hemphill & Lucius Smith, Skip James, Won't Be Long, Woody Guthrie

The Alan Lomax Archives releases an album of songs to lift spirits in troubling times

Records Retail

Amoeba Music: America’s Biggest Independent Record Store Faces the Future

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments Amoeba Gig, Amoeba Music, Berkeley, Black Flag, Bobby Womack, California, Los Angeles, Marc Weinstein, Patti Smith, Paul McCartney, record stores, Records, San Francisco, Solomon Burke, Thelma Houston, Todd Rundgren

As the embattled California chain loses its Hollywood hub, its important to remember how important this mecca is to music fans

North Americana

Dave Simonett: Songs Full of Shadows and Light

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 j. poet 0 Comments 2020, Dave Simonett, Dead Man Winter, folk, Jambands, Trampled By Turtles

The Trampled By Turtles frontman steps out for his first proper solo venture

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