New Ian Hunter album "When I'm President" to be released today, stands with his best work. http://t.co/ep0VeWwS # At the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville: Kathy Mattea previews her new album “Calling Me Home” http://t.co/Gpai2vMm # Long Players channel the Travelling Wilburys at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville tonight. #nashvillemusic # Review: Steve Forbert’s “Over with You” http://t.co/FA0Tx6CX @americanafest #
Steve Forbert’s “Over with You”
By Paul T. Mueller —Steve Forbert has been around for a long time – can it really have been more than 34 years since Alive on Arrival? – and there’s some weariness showing on his latest album, Over With You. Most of the 10 songs deal with the difficulties of relationships – maintaining one (“Baby I Know,” “All I Ask…
At the Bluebird Cafe: Kathy Mattea’s “Calling Me Home”
By Ken Paulson –Kathy Mattea revisited her roots on multiple levels tonight at the Bluebird Café in Nashville. She reminisced about appearing at the Bluebird 30 years ago and the performance that led to her first recording contract. But she also explored far deeper roots at this album release show for Calling Me Home, a collection of Appalachia-infused music, building on…
Review: Ian Hunter’s “When I’m President”
By Ken Paulson –Today marks a couple of important moments in the 2012 presidential race. The Democrats open their convention in Charlotte and Ian Hunter declares his own candidacy for the nation’s top office with the release of his 20th studio album, When I’m President. Of course, Hunter’s announcement is tongue in cheek, but the release of a new album is…