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October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More
ReviewsJan 18, 2017

As R&B collections go, this four-disc, 108-song set gets high marks for its intelligent and well-conceived presentation. Producer James Austin wisely eschews the folly of the eye-burning, 5,000 word "expert essay" in six-point type in favor of a few hundred introductory words of enthusiasm for the music, the kinds of singles for which every crate digger lusts with…

October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More
ReviewsJan 18, 2017

There's a reason why pretty much everything to come from the house of David Rawlings and Gillian Welch immediately goes to the top of every Americana list on planet Earth. They are a pair of formidable talents -- artists who precisely evoke the essence of traditional country music yet never sound like Americana mockingbirds.For this record…

October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More
ReviewsJan 18, 2017

Death, taxes, and good songs from Joe Ely: Those are the three things you can count on in life and, with the release of this new set of a dozen tunes, the latter becomes more and more apparent. The central theme here is movement ... of time, of people, of the restless heart. The songs are filled…

October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More
ReviewsJan 18, 2017

If you like a snappy turn of a phrase, a slightly snarky point of view, and a good old-fashioned American rock 'n' roll groove, chances are you already have some Webb Wilder in your musical arsenal. If not, this record is a good one to get you started.Skip the faux field holler of “Stones in My…

October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More
ReviewsJan 18, 2017

Of his last album, 2012’s Gloryland, singer/songwriter Kevin Gordon said he likes “the unfinished ending -- the story that just continues when the song’s over.” With his newest piece, a 12-song set called Long Gone Time, Gordon continues to construct his characters with an air of mystery, leaving the listener to imagine how, exactly, one came…

October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More
October Album Reviews: Son Little, the Wood Brothers, Bottle Rockets, & More