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Deirks Bentley – Up On The Ridge

kayso, I am not a fan of mainstream Country Music no Tim McGraw, Faith Hill or Carrie Underwood in my collection. The closest I come are Waylon and Willie, early Hank William, Jr and Merle Haggard. Lately, Jack Ingram and Pat Green have crossed over from Texas Country to more mainstream. I do have Patty Loveless’ first bluegrass album Mountain Soul. So when I saw that Deirks Bentley had a new bluegrass album, I went to Rhapsody and put it on the mp3 player and have been listening to it this week. While Deirks voice may be a little too…

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The Blues Rolls into Friday – Peter Parcek3

So on Wednesday when I checked the Roots Music Report Chart there at number 15 sat a name I didn’t recognize (what’s new) Peter Parcek and his new CD The Mathematics of Love so as usual I headed over to Rhapsody and they had the album so on to the player it went. It didn’t take long for me to know that this was an album that I was going to like, the opening track “Showbiz Blues” rocked and when the guitar went from one ear to the other I said oh, yeah! Anyway I have listened to the CD…

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The Blues Rolls on into Thursday – Bishop and Parcek

Ok so I don’t know which is moving slower tonight me or the computers! I installed WordPress 3.0 first I lost all my traffic counts for today I know I had more visitors than the 4 it now lists! As for me sometimes a hard run coming after a day of field work knocks me out which is what happened tonight. Anyway I did listen to some blues today! I had put Elvin Bishop‘s new album Red Dog Speaks on the player yesterday. This morning I added The Mathematics of Love by Peter Parcek. Now I’m familiar with Elvin Bishop…

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Blues – Grass Wednesday – Leftover Twang – 2

The second band that caught my attention yesterday was Acoustic Endeavors and their album On a Farm. On a Farm is a  2005 release from a band formed by Warren Anderson and Kelly Green in 1992, when they realized they needed an outlet for their music. The band now calls Anderson’s hometown Roanoke, Virginia home. Through the years musicians have shift around the core of Anderson and Green the current line-up consists of: Warren Anderson – bass, mandolin and vocals Kelly Green – guitar and vocals Dewey Peters – guitar John Lawless – banjo and vocals Billy Hurt – fiddle…

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Blues-Grass Wednesday – Left Over Twang!

So yesterday I listened to several bits and pieces of albums including most of Stuart Duncan’s 1992 self-titled release which includes some of my favorite fiddle tunes; “Lee’s Highway Blues” and “Whistling Rufus”, along with a lot of other good stuff. I also listened to the second New Grass Revival album Fly through The Country. I did put two albums on the mp3 player for further listening. Both names were taken from the Roots Music Report. The first was Sweet Sunny South whose new album Carried Off by a Twister was at 36 and the other was Acoustic Endeavor whose…

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Blues Rock – The Fight Is On

When I checked the Roots Music Blues Chart on Wednesday a name that I had seen for several weeks stood at number 20 Popa Chubby and his current release The Fight is On. So I went to Rhapsody and downloaded the album onto the mp3 player and gave the album a listen. The first thing that I realized was that this is not a traditional blues album but a rock album with blues roots like Led Zeppelin and Eric Clapton! Since I knew nothing about Popa Cubby (aka Ted Horowitz)  I’ve read a few reviews and here’s a quote from…

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Blues Wednesday – extended version!

So the other day I downloaded two blues albums onto the mp3 player but didn’t really get a chance to listen to them. But yesterday and today I’ve listened to both of them and I have two new bluesmen that will be on the player for a while! I’ll go with age before girth so the first one is Magic Slim and the Teardrops. The album that I listened to was his 2006 release Tin Pan Alley. Now unbeknown  to me Magic Slim (Morris Holt) has been around making great blues albums since the 70s! Sure enough when I look…

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Blues Wednesday – Mixed Bag – Cowan, Johnson, Popa!

I know it’s Blues Wednesday but it didn’t start out that way! I really didn’t get a chance to look for any blues this morning so I ended up listening to what was already on the player. One album that caught my attention was John Cowan’s album  8,745 Feet: Live at Telluride so that was the album I listened to first. The album shows Cowan’s voice at his best and includes  songs from his solo albums and a few from his New Grass Revival Days.  Tracks include: “Mississippi Delta Time”, “High Above the Powerlines”,”Let’s Make A Baby King”, “Road To…

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Twang Tuesday – Keller and the Kells and more!

So this morning I checked the Roots Music Report and the band that jumped out was Keller and the Keels. I checked emusic and they had their new album Thief and then I had a duh moment when I read that the band was composed of Keller Williams and the Keels (Larry and wife Jenny). Now while I don’t have a Keller Williams in my collection I have heard some of his music on JamOn on XM and have liked it and was going to look him up! So I downloaded the album but didn’t get to put it on…

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Folk Monday – Donna Ulisse, Robin Greenstein and Guthrie Kennard

The three albums that I listen to this Folk Monday came from the May Folk DJ Charts and were all names I am unfamiliar with. They were Donna Ulisse, Robin Greenstein and Guthrie Kennard. I will provide just a brief overview now and will write more about each album later as the week progresses! The first album was by Donna Ulisse. The new album currently listed on the DJ Chart is Holy Waters, but looking at the song titles and listening briefly I could tell that the album was a little too gospel for me. So I listened to her…

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