Country and/or Western Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

ALBUMS: Jason Boland & the Stragglers’ Cosmic Saga

January 4, 2022 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Jason Boland, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Shooter Jennings, The Light Saw Me, The Stragglers, Thirty Tigers

The country troubadours rocket through space and time to find the truth

Bluegrass Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock

Remembering Nez: Now It’s Time To Listen To The Band

December 16, 2021December 21, 2021 James Porter 4 Comments Davy Jones, Generation X, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, RCA, RIP, The Monkees

Why losing Michael Nesmith means so much more than the death of the “Quiet Monkee”

Country and/or Western Music Journalism

Geoffrey Himes and the Nashville Scene Situation

December 8, 2021December 14, 2021 Don McLeese 0 Comments Alison Russell, Black Pumas, Cancel Culture, Geoffrey Himes, Jake Blount, Music Journalism, Nashville Scene, Paste Magazine

Looking at the fairness of the publication’s snap decision to axe the longtime Country Music Critics’ Poll

Alternative Rock Country and/or Western North Americana

Wandering Dreamers: Wilco’s ‘Being There’ at 25

November 16, 2021November 24, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 1996, 25th Anniversary, Being There, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, Ken Coomer, Outtasite (Outta Mind), Wilco

A quarter century later, Wilco’s second album resonates even brighter

Country and/or Western Remembrance Southern Rock

Charlie Daniels Never Let The Devil Win

October 28, 2021October 31, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 85th Birthday, Bob Dylan, Charlie Daniels, Donald Trump, Leonard Cohen, The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Jim Sullivan recounts his final conversation with the late Southern Rock icon on what would have been his 85th birthday

Country and/or Western North Americana Pub Rock Punk

Bloodshot On The Tracks

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 Jim Caligiuri 0 Comments Barrence Whitfield & The Savages, Bloodshot Records, Bobby Bare Jr., Deadstring Brothers, Ha Ha Tonka, Jon Langford, Kelly Hogan, Mark Pickerel, Neko Case, Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Robbie Fulks, Ryan Adams, Sally Timms, Split Lip Rayfield, the Meat Purveyors, The Old 97's, The Sadies, Whiskeytown, Young Criminals’ Starvation League

With news of its purchase by Exceleration Music, it’s a good time to shine a light on some of the Chicago label’s deepest gems

Country and/or Western Pop Power Pop

Kalie Shorr on Making the Country Record of 2021 (Except It’s Not Country)

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Amy, Butch Walker, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dua Lipa, I Got Here By Accident, Kacey Musgraves, Kalie Shorr, Love Child, Margo Price, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, Taylor Swift

Country’s brightest new voice discusses her first rock record, her love of Liz Phair, and why country singers deal with so much drama

Bluegrass Blues Country and/or Western Dead Folk Psychedelics Remembrance Rock Rockabilly

Commander Cody, a True Original, Breaks the Bonds of Earth

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Commander Cody, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, George Frayne IV, San Francisco, The Grateful Dead

The San Francisco mainstay and trucker rock icon who defied categorization was 77 years old

Alternative Rock Country and/or Western Electronic Indie Rock Rock

Playing Kiss Covers Beautiful and Stoned: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at 20

September 18, 2021September 28, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2001, Glenn Kotche, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Jay Bennett, Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, John Stirratt, Nonesuch Records, Reprise Records, Stop Smiling, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

I’ve got reservations about so many things, but not about my appreciation for Wilco’s complicated 2001 milestone

Country and/or Western Pop

ALBUMS: Star-Crossed at the Edge of Heartbreak

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Butterfly, Cherry Blossom, Interscope Records, Kacey Musgraves, Nashville UMG, Ruston Kelly, Simple Times, Star-Crossed, The Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves keeps it universal on post-Golden Hour divorce release

Country and/or Western Folk Psychedelics Rock

If Only I Could Remember My Name Gets The Deluxe Edition It Deserves

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1971, Atlantic, David Crosby, Graham Nash, If Only I Could Remember My Name, Jefferson Airplane, Jerry Garcia, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rhino Records, Santana, The Grateful Dead

David Crosby’s solo debut revisited on 2-CD set featuring newly remastered audio and bonus material

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock Roots

I’ll Never Give You One Reason To Cry: Farewell, Don Everly

August 25, 2021September 5, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments All I Have To Do Is Dream, Art Garfunkel, Bye Bye Love, Cathy's Clown, Don Everly, Love Hurts, Paul Simon, Phil Everly, Roots, Simon and Garfunkel, The Everly Brothers

One of the Founding Fathers of Rock & Roll passes on at 84

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Rock

Sitting Silently At Will: Gene Clark’s White Light at 50

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1971, 50th anniversary, Gene Clark, Steve Young, The Byrds, The Dillards, The Flying Burrito Brothers, White Light

The first true solo LP from the former Byrd found him lowly lit but still flying high

Country and/or Western Folk Remembrance

Remembering Nanci Griffith: A Love Light Lost

August 16, 2021August 25, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments Bob Dylan, Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, Pete Seeger, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Townes Van Zandt, Willie Nelson

Reflections on the loss of an American country-folk poet

Country and/or Western Remembrance Rock

A Final Farewell to Poco Legend Paul Cotton

August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Illinois Speed Press, Jim Messina, Paul Cotton, Poco, Richie Furay, RIP, Rusty Young

Rock & Roll Globe recalls some of the amazing memories shared by the late guitarist, singer and songwriter

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