By Ken Paulson — Tribute albums can be wildly uneven, but the new Who celebration from Cleopatra Records boasts 16 strong tracks from a virtual encyclopedia of pop and progressive rock. Who Are You: An All-Star Tribute to the Who has the feel of a fanboy project that came out remarkably well. At some point, someone said, “Hey, how…
Charting: Jamey Johnson, Dirty River Boys, Jim Lauderdale
Americana Music News — Dwight Yoakam moves past John Hiatt for the number one slot on this week’s Americana Music Airplay Chart as Three Pears lands in the top position.. New to the chart this week: Jamey Johnson’s Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran, the Dirty River Boys’ Science of Flight and the prolific Jim Lauderdale’s Carolina…
Review: Kathryn Caine’s “When I Was His Wife”
By Paul T. Mueller –Singer-songwriter Kathryn Caine’s fifth album is a nice showcase for her fine songwriting and expressive singing, and she helps her own cause by acting as co-producer. Caine is from Charlottesville, Virginia, so it’s not surprising that the 12 songs on When I Was His Wife (10 of them written and one co-written by Caine) feature a…
Reviews: Jack Tempchin, Maura Rogers, Alvin Lee
By Ken Paulson— Catching up with recent and worthy releases: The CD/DVD set Live at Tales From the Tavern captures Jack Tempchin performing some of his best-known songs and a few other quirky originals in front of an audience. Tempchin’s contributions to the Eagles catalog included “Already Gone” and “Peaceful Easy Feeling. He also wrote big hits with Glen Frey,…