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PENNY PARSONS’ new book, FOGGY MOUNTAIN TROUBADOUR: THE LIFE & MUSIC OF CURLY SECKLER, takes us down the bluegrass legend’s road from Carolina cotton fields to Nashville Grass.
With his trademark mandolin style and unequaled tenor harmonies, Curly Seckler has carved out a seventy-seven-year career in bluegrass and country music. His foundational work in Flatt and Scruggs’s Foggy Mountain Boys secured him a place in bluegrass history, while his role in The Nashville Grass made him an essential part of the music’s triumphant…
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OUT TODAY, 6/3: A huge week including new stuff WILLIAM BELL, PAUL SIMON, BRAD MEHLDAU, WILLIAM TYLER, the DAVID GRISMAN SEXTET, CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM & more!
Lordy, what a slew of new stuff we got hittin’ the racks this week! We’ve got a stunner from Stax Records legend William Bell, a new Brad Mehldau Trio album that has Gene doing cartwheels (it’s not pretty), Paul Simon’s first new album in five years, and a collection of gorgeous guitar soundscapes by William…
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PAUL SIMON is back with a heartfelt, funny and masterful album called STRANGER TO STRANGER, out now!
Paul Simon has released Stranger to Stranger, his 13th solo album, on Concord Records. Full of thrilling, imaginative textures, Stranger to Stranger conjures a vivid and vital new context to Simon’s well-established virtuosity as a singer and songwriter. The record, his first since 2011’s acclaimed So Beautiful or So What, ushers the listener into a brave new…
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The QUAKER CITY NIGHT HAWKS deliver the gritty, greasy rock n’ twang goods on their new album EL ASTRONAUTA, straight outta Fort Worth! Highly recommended for fans of ZZ Top & “Beggars Banquet!
“Good evening from Fort Worth, Texas.” Those are the first words of out Sam Anderson and David Matsler’s mouths on El Astronauta, The QUAKER CITY NIGHT HAWKS‘ electrifying debut album for Lightning Rod Records, and it’s the only introduction you’ll need. Over a viscid, bluesy slide-guitar, the band transports you to the sweltering Texas heat,…
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This Fall’s edition of the ALBINO SKUNKFEST kicks off OCT. 6th, and the lineup is SWEET!
Fresh off the Skunkville presses, we’ve got a dispatch from Mr. Glynn Ziegler himself about the next edition of our fave multi-genre musical gathering, the Albino Skunkfest at Glynn’s stately Skunk Farm over in Greer. The festival kicks off Friday, Oct. 6th, and they’ve got some heavy-hitters scheduled this time around. As usual, Zig has…
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After blowing our collective minds with last year’s massive 4-disc 10 Years Solo Live set, BRAD MEHLDAU has reunited with his trio for the first time since 2012 with a new record on Nonesuch called Blues & Ballads. Gene is doing cartwheels. No, seriously.
On the heels of the epic and life –changing four disc 10 Years Live set, BRAD MEHLDAU returns with his magical trio, Larry Grenadier (bass), and Jeff Ballard (drums) with Blues and Ballads, the trio’s first new release since 2012’s Where Do You Start, on June 3 on Nonesuch Records. At Horizon Records, where we do…
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NEW STUFF 5/27: Fresh swamp-rock from TONY JOE WHITE, a MILES DAVIS tribute album from ROBERT GLASPER, re-electronica’d BETH ORTON, and more!
Talk about a grab bag o’stuff: This week’s New Releases challenge the word “eclectic” to be a little more diverse. We’ve got a new Tony Joe White album dripping with backwoods boggy funk, a tribute to Miles Davis from jazz pianist Robert Glasper, a Mark Kozelek covers album that paints some standards red, and scuzz-rocker Catfish…
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JAMES MCMURTRY IS PLAYING THE GREY EAGLE ON JULY 22nd. This is good!
Our friend, the acclaimed songsmith and gnarly guitar player JAMES MCMURTRY returns to the GREY EAGLE on July 22nd! His latest release, Complicated Game, like all his releases has been an ongoing (and no doubt perennial) favorite. James & the boys aren’t stopping in Greenville this go-round, unless it’s for lunch in the The Bohemian…
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JAMES MCMURTRY IS PLAYING THE GREY EAGLE ON JULY 22nd. This is good.
Our friend, the acclaimed songsmith and gnarly guitar player JAMES MCMURTRY returns to the GREY EAGLE on July 22nd! His latest release, Complicated Game, like all his releases has been an ongoing (and no doubt perennial) favorite. James & the boys aren’t stopping in Greenville this go-round, unless it’s for lunch in the The Bohemian…
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NEW RELEASES, 5/20: ERIC CLAPTON releases (maybe) his final record, TOM PETTY’s MUDCRUTCH reunion rolls on, and BOB DYLAN delves further into the Great American Songbook!
Some major classic-rock titans have new stuff out this week, including Eric Clapton’s reunion with Slowhand producer Glyn Johns, Tom Petty’s second effort with his pre-Heartbreakers outfit, and Bob Dylan’s second take on the Great American Songbook. But we’ve also FINALLY got the new Honeycutters in on CD, not to mention some jazz-rap alchemy from…