Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
Did you know that Los Lobos put out a new album in 2010? Well, it’s called Tin Can Trust and it’s the band’s first album of new material in four years. Most people disagree with me, but I think Los Lobos is a hugely important and awesome band. Tin Can Trust only solidifies that feeling (Read more…)
Hill Country Revue – Hill Country Revue
So I’ve never been a huge North Mississippi All-Stars fan and I can’t really tell you why, but after hearing Make A Move, the studio debut from Hill Country Revue, I might just have to listen a little harder. With Luther Dickinson playing guitar in The Black Crowes now, his brother Cody took some of (Read more…)
Left Lane Cruiser – All You Can Eat
After a long night of heaving drinking (I know we’ve all been there) you really only have two options if you can’t sleep it off. You can either find a Waffle House and thrown down some grits, gravy, sausage, and strong black coffee or you can suck it up and keep drinking. While neither really (Read more…)
Review: Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Two Men With The Blues
So back just over two years ago, in January of 2007, Jazz at Lincoln Center gave lucky listeners two nights of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis playing some of Willie’s originals as well blues and jazz standards. It may seem like an odd pairing at first; the king of outlaw-country and the jazz maestro are (Read more…)
The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival
To most punks CBGB is this, but here in Chicago (and elsewhere soon I’m sure) it will have a totally different connotation. The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival happens this weekend at the Congress Theater in Chicago. The lineup features a myriad of great local and national acts and includes the likes of The Avett (Read more…)
