Americana News for a Hot August Night
Hey all,
Diggin some new tunes and really liking the new Chris Knight album ("Enough Rope") . Pick it up at iTunes or at your favorite little CD store. Album sounds like Steve Earle with better production and less anger and also reminds one of Mellencamp, should he be living on a dirt road and still writing "Scarecrow"-ish anthems. Ray Kennedy (ironically of the same Earle fame.. ex-half of the Twang Trust production team) makes this one sound clean and dirty all at once on the mixing board.
As for the rest? We've got some Americana/rock/country info grabbed from the web. We agree with a lot of it, except for the Petty thing; review is a little too kind to the icon from Florida. The album doesn't rock hard enough for these headphones...but read on, friends. Judge for yourself, because we like it when you do.
HAVE YOU HEARD...?
New CD release
American V: A Hundred Highways
Johnny Cash
When Johnny Cash teamed up with producer Rick Rubin and American Recordings to release the first of his “American” series, he managed to both resurrect his career and earn genuine indie cred at the same time. The four records that followed 1994’s “American Recordings” have all pretty much kept to the same formula of sparse, stripped down arrangements that lay bare both the singer’s voice and the raw emotion of the songs.
He’s produced the best work of his entire catalog in the process. His last release, “American V: A Hundred Highways” is a beautiful final chapter to a truly original American artist’s long and influential life.
(read full review)
Highway Companion
Tom Petty
Tom Petty's never made a bad album. Some flirt with greatness, others simply deliver the goods (his last release, 2002's The Last DJ, was actually one of his weaker efforts), but the man's consistency is pretty astounding. Highway Companion not only keeps his winning streak intact, it even rates above average by these standards. The album is Petty's third release under his own name, minus the Heartbreakers. Highway Companion doesn't reach the towering heights of those two knockouts, but it shares their combination of stylistic range and rock-solid songcraft.
(read full review)
A Blessing and a Curse
Drive-By Truckers
The Truckers' seventh album isn't as detail-rich as 2004's The Dirty South, but it's another engaging variation on old-school Southern rock.
(read full review)
***
CLASSIC ELTON?
Elton John has set a Sept. 19 release date for his new studio album, "The Captain and the Kid." The Rocket/Island set is a sequel to the artist's 1975 album "Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy." First single "The Bridge" will be available Aug. 22 from Apple's iTunes Music Store.
(read full story)
BRUCE RELEASE DELAYED
The expanded American Land Edition of Bruce Springsteen's We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, originally scheduled to hit stores on September 5, will now arrive on October 3.
The new version of the widely hailed roots album will include a Springsteen original titled "American Land" that he debuted towards the end of this summer's North American tour. The disc also features covers of Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" and Pete Seeger's "Bring 'Em Home" with modified lyrics by Springsteen, as well as "Buffalo Gals" and "How Can I Keep From Singing." The last two were previously only available on the DVD side of the original DualDisc edition that was released on April 25.
Springsteen diehards may also be interested in picking up A Good Life, the new album from his blues-rockin' buddy, Joe Grushecky. The Boss guests on three songs on the record, which will be out on August 15.
(read full story)
That's as close to rock and roll as we can get in 2006. Turn up the Telecaster.
Call your local radio station (do we all still have one?) and request some new Bottle Rockets - bet they don't know what the hell you are talking about. Make it a learning experience for them. ...Bitches.
Rob
Diggin some new tunes and really liking the new Chris Knight album ("Enough Rope") . Pick it up at iTunes or at your favorite little CD store. Album sounds like Steve Earle with better production and less anger and also reminds one of Mellencamp, should he be living on a dirt road and still writing "Scarecrow"-ish anthems. Ray Kennedy (ironically of the same Earle fame.. ex-half of the Twang Trust production team) makes this one sound clean and dirty all at once on the mixing board.
As for the rest? We've got some Americana/rock/country info grabbed from the web. We agree with a lot of it, except for the Petty thing; review is a little too kind to the icon from Florida. The album doesn't rock hard enough for these headphones...but read on, friends. Judge for yourself, because we like it when you do.
HAVE YOU HEARD...?
New CD release
American V: A Hundred Highways
Johnny Cash
When Johnny Cash teamed up with producer Rick Rubin and American Recordings to release the first of his “American” series, he managed to both resurrect his career and earn genuine indie cred at the same time. The four records that followed 1994’s “American Recordings” have all pretty much kept to the same formula of sparse, stripped down arrangements that lay bare both the singer’s voice and the raw emotion of the songs.
He’s produced the best work of his entire catalog in the process. His last release, “American V: A Hundred Highways” is a beautiful final chapter to a truly original American artist’s long and influential life.
(read full review)
Highway Companion
Tom Petty
Tom Petty's never made a bad album. Some flirt with greatness, others simply deliver the goods (his last release, 2002's The Last DJ, was actually one of his weaker efforts), but the man's consistency is pretty astounding. Highway Companion not only keeps his winning streak intact, it even rates above average by these standards. The album is Petty's third release under his own name, minus the Heartbreakers. Highway Companion doesn't reach the towering heights of those two knockouts, but it shares their combination of stylistic range and rock-solid songcraft.
(read full review)
A Blessing and a Curse
Drive-By Truckers
The Truckers' seventh album isn't as detail-rich as 2004's The Dirty South, but it's another engaging variation on old-school Southern rock.
(read full review)
***
CLASSIC ELTON?
Elton John has set a Sept. 19 release date for his new studio album, "The Captain and the Kid." The Rocket/Island set is a sequel to the artist's 1975 album "Captain Fantastic and the Dirt Brown Cowboy." First single "The Bridge" will be available Aug. 22 from Apple's iTunes Music Store.
(read full story)
BRUCE RELEASE DELAYED
The expanded American Land Edition of Bruce Springsteen's We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, originally scheduled to hit stores on September 5, will now arrive on October 3.
The new version of the widely hailed roots album will include a Springsteen original titled "American Land" that he debuted towards the end of this summer's North American tour. The disc also features covers of Blind Alfred Reed's "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live" and Pete Seeger's "Bring 'Em Home" with modified lyrics by Springsteen, as well as "Buffalo Gals" and "How Can I Keep From Singing." The last two were previously only available on the DVD side of the original DualDisc edition that was released on April 25.
Springsteen diehards may also be interested in picking up A Good Life, the new album from his blues-rockin' buddy, Joe Grushecky. The Boss guests on three songs on the record, which will be out on August 15.
(read full story)
That's as close to rock and roll as we can get in 2006. Turn up the Telecaster.
Call your local radio station (do we all still have one?) and request some new Bottle Rockets - bet they don't know what the hell you are talking about. Make it a learning experience for them. ...Bitches.
Rob
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