Country and/or Western Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Chuck Mead: All The Way to Memphis

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments BR549, Chuck Mead, Memphis, Nashville, Plowboy Records, Sam Phillips, Sun Studios

A Honky-Tonk hero creates another classic with Close To Home

Country and/or Western North Americana

Justin Townes Earle: Its Hard To Be A Saint In Appalachia

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments Appalachia, Bruce Springsteen, Justin Townes Earle, Margo Price, Midnight Movies, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Steve Earle, The Good Life, The Saint of Lost Causes

Now on the same label as his dad Steve Earle, this second generation country-rock troubadour paints his own picture of America

Country and/or Western Pop

Glen Campbell: The Legacy of a Guitar Legend

July 4, 2019July 9, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment Capitol Records, Capitol Studios, Chevrolet pitch man, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Legacy 1961-2017, The Wrecking Crew

A revamped and updated box set serves as a fitting posthumous testament to the former session man and hitmaker

Country and/or Western Folk Hip Hop Rock Soul

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dolly Parton, Kool and the Gang, Leon Russell, Leonard Cohen, The Feelies, The Grateful Dead, Willie Nelson

Enjoy this YouTube mix of seven great 4th of July performances

Country and/or Western

Buck Owens and the 1970s

June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 James Porter 0 Comments Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos Complete Capitol Singles 1971-1975, Omnivore Recordings, The Buckaroos

A new compilation from Omnivore Recordings highlights the Bakersfield honky tonk great’s rockiest period

Country and/or Western North Americana Pop

ALBUM DEPT: On Western Stars, Bruce Springsteen Rides in the Whirlwind

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment Bruce Springsteen, Columbia Records, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, The Wrecking Crew

A look inside the LP being hailed as The Boss’s best since Magic

Country and/or Western Indie Rock North Americana

The Yawpers Peel Back Emotional Layers on New Album

June 7, 2019June 8, 2019 Jason Scott 0 Comments Bloodshot Records, The Yawpers

The entire job of an artist is to try and be as vulnerable and naked as you can be

Country and/or Western Folk Punk

Ron Hawkins is Working Towards a Permanent Revolution

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jason Perri 0 Comments Agitpop, Canada, Folk punk, Lowest of the Low, My Butt, Ron Hawkins, Shakespeare

An exclusive chat with the frontman of renowned Canadian folk punkers, Lowest of the Low

Country and/or Western Folk North Americana

Vicky Emerson: A Force To Be Reckoned With

June 5, 2019June 10, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Americana, Minneapolis, Vicky Emerson

One-half of the Home Fires is making her own waves as a solo act, one house concert at a time

Country and/or Western Hard Rock

The Shootouts Play Country Music with a Hard Rock Edge

June 5, 2019June 9, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments The Shootouts

Debut LP gives fans of classic C&W AOR a new hope

Country and/or Western Rock

ALBUM DEPT.: The Steel Woods Deliver Old News

June 2, 2019June 6, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments Nashville, Steel Woods, Thirty Tigers

The Nashville band splits the difference between Ronnie Van Zant and Townes Van Zandt on blistering new album

Country and/or Western

Hank Williams Jr. Keeps It In The Family

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, A country boy can survive, Hank Williams Jr.

Before fully descending into hamfisted football jock territory, country’s prodigal son made one last classic in 1979

Country and/or Western North Americana

Gravel-voiced Kyle Daniel Wrangles Addiction & Triumph on New EP

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Jason Scott 1 Comment Kyle Daniel, Nashville

What more can he say?

Country and/or Western Remembrance

Remembering Earl Thomas Conley

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019 Bobby Moore 0 Comments Earl Thomas Conley, Keith Whitley, R.I.P.

The Ohio-born country great died on April 10 at 77

Country and/or Western Indie Rock North Americana Pop

Who Was That Masked Man?

April 8, 2019April 12, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Nick Cave, Orville Peck, Roy Orbison, Scott Walker, Sub Pop, Toronto

Catching up with Orville Peck, Sub Pop’s latest underground pop outlaw

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