Nashville is well-represented on this week’s Americana Music Chart, as Music City guitarists Billy Burnette and Kenny Vaughan enter the list. Burnette, the son of rockabilly legend Dorsey Burnette, and most recently a member of John Fogerty’s band, breaks in at #30 with “Rock ‘n’ Roll With It.” Vaughan, a mainstay of Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives, is at #37 with…
Good health news from Jesse Winchester
by Terry Roland Several months ago singer-songwriter, Jesse Winchester was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. Jesse is best known for his skilled songwriting and solo live performances. His debut 1970 self-titled album, produced by The Band’s Robbie Robertson, is widely regarded a classic today. His best known songs are “Yankee Lady”, “The Brand New Tennessee Waltz”, “Mississippi, You’re on…
Review: Ry Cooder’s “Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down”
by Terry Roland – Ry Cooder’s latest release, Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, hearkens back to the salad days of his breakthrough album, 1972’s Into The Purple Valley, an ironically nostalgic ode to Central California during the Great Depression. While that album was a wink and a grin about America’s past, an attempt to escape the political insanity…
Review: Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Rancho Alto, the new album from Jason Boland and the Stragglers, offers up traditional country music with a contemporary perspective. Although comparisons to George Strait and Merle Haggard are inevitable and appropriate, Boland also brings to mind a young Gordon Lightfoot, combining traditional sounds with a resonant voice and a strong sense of narrative. There are stories laced throughout Rancho…