I like Chelle Rose; her GHOST OF BROWDER HOLLER album, produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard, is really good.
Yes, they are. I just saw them last month and he introduced Gillian (as the show was technically a "David Rawlings Machine" one) as his wife. Trust me, I was surprised to hear it too - of course, I always assumed they were in a relationship but not married. It's obviously a fairly recent development.
My first time for Paul was at a private event where he opened for good friend Delbert McClinton.. Been a fan (of both) since. Have seen him live at least 6 times, no two shows are the same, and everyone of them are fun as H*ll! Sometimes his in between song stories are as much fun as the music and songs themselves. His band is top notch with his guitarist Bill Hinds becoming one of my favorites as well. Check Paul out! Here are a few of my favorite songs: Your'e Not the Only One Pimps & Preachers I Don't Like Half the Folks I Love Burn Down the Trailer Park Weeds In My Roses Mission Temple Fireworks Stand Ain't Love Strange? If after listening to any of these songs you don't have a huge grin on your face, you are truly a hopeless curmudgeon! Rick G
Maybe this is a good place to ask this question. Can anyone recommend a good Carter Family (original line-up) compilation on wax? I know that Bear Family has a great collection for CD, but I'd also like something to spin on my record player. Thanks.
You're sure there at the birthplace of modern music. Don't know anything about a Farrar rewrite, but as a forever scholar of music history I'm convinced Foster must have been the first "modern" songwriter - 150 years ago creating methods still used today.
I love Americana, but it is a difficult label. Wouldn't most american modern music based on blues, country, r'n'b etc be in the category? What music is not? And who is the original americana artist? Elvis? Dylan?
What do Americana fans make of Costello's album King of America? I always thought it was very 'Americana' in style, with superbly crafted songs as always from EC.
I love it all, from my old favorite "The Band" to my newest "Jason Isbell". Today I just learned of a new album from Americana Music Association's facebook page (a great page BTW). Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams have a debut album. You can listen to it here: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/an-album-at-last
Whiskeytown should be on that list. And some of Ryan Adam's and Wilco's output are definitely alt.country
Amen! At this point, we haven't even come close to naming all the great artists who have influenced or are currently working in the Americana genre. Using your list as a starting point, we can also add Son Volt, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, The Bottle Rockets, Blue Mountain, The Refreshments, The Yayhoos, Southern Culture On The Skids and Cravin' Melon; the 90s were a great time for AltCountry/Americana.
Nice to see all the love for Paul Thorn in this thread. If you needed any more evidence that Thorn's a badass, he once fought Roberto Duran:
I love the verse from "Hammer & Nail" about his fight with Duran: I climbed in the ring with Roberto Duran and the punches began to rain down. He hit me with a dozen hard upper cuts and my corner threw in the towel. I asked him why he had to knock me out and he summed it up real well; He said "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail."
I never paid attention to that...but just checked the credits and, yep, you are correct: 2nd track, Hard Times. Edit: I see alylemoss beat me to it!
Some important names are missing: Mary Chapin Carpenter Ry Cooder Iris DeMent Mary Gauthier John Hiatt Diana Jones Lucinda Williams
