By Ken Paulson –We came to know Rosie Flores when she lived in Nashville in the late ‘90s, and have always been impressed with her music – and her heart. Both are in abundance on The Blanco Sessions, the final album from Janis Martin, the late rockabilly pioneer, set for release on Sept. 18. Martin was billed as the “female…
Review: Natasha Borzilova’s “Out of My Hands”
By Paul T. Mueller –It’s hard enough to write a CD’s worth of intelligent, engaging songs in one’s native language. To do so in one’s second language, as Russia-born singer-songwriter Natasha Borzilova has with Out of My Hands, is a pretty impressive achievement. On her third solo release (she’s a former member of Bering Strait, a country band she started…
Radney Foster’s “Del Rio, Texas, Revisited: Unplugged and Lonesome”
Americana Music News: Out today: Radney Foster’s Del Rio, Texas, Revisited: Unplugged and Lonesome, a revisiting of his debut solo album 20 years ago. Foster, then fresh off his collaboration with Bill Lloyd in Foster and Lloyd, quickly established himself with the energetic and impressive Del Rio, Texas, lauching his solo career with classic songs like “Just Call Me Lonesome”…
New to chart: Zoe Muth,Heritage Blues Orchestra
Americana Music News — Old Crow Medicine Show’ s Carry Me Back remains at number one on this week’s Americana Music Association Airplay Chart, followed by Rodney Crowell’s Kin. Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers’ Old Gold ( #35) and the Heritage Blues Orchestra’s And Still I Rise (#40) debut on the chart today. This week’s most added albums…