The Waymores- Stone Sessions review

The Waymores Stone Sessions TheWaymores.com It has been so long since I encountered a new, ‘real country’ album that, at first, I mistook the Waymores’ Stone Sessions as one. Based on the opening cut, “Heart of Stone,” that is what I thought Stone Sessions would be. A taking-turns male/female duet, a bunch of pedal steel,…

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Dale Watson- El Rancho Azul

My review of Dale Watson’s new album has been picked up by the Lonesome Road Review. If you missed it, here it is. Just in case you haven’t seen it, here is a bar full of yahoos listening to Billy Joe Shaver and Dale Watson: “Where do you want it?” which is on the new…

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Dale Watson- El Rancho Azul review

I’ve been going through a heavy Dale Watson phase recently; almost every day this month I’ve had a dose of the Texan’s music. I’ve written about him before, including upon the release of The Sun Sessions, his first Red House album. Long a favourite, Watson hasn’t disappointed to date. Whether singing honky tonk originals, neo-western swing, Memphis-Sun…

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Dale Watson- Old Farts (A Song for Blake)

A more polished video of Dale Watson’s “Old Farts” has been posted to YouTube. It is available as a digital single Friday. Blake backstepped faster than a teenager running into his future father-in-law’s shotgun, but Dale is going to make hay. Give his very excellent Red House album El Rancho Azul a listen, too; well…

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Blake Shelton Backlash Continues

If it wasn’t for the publicity he had received from his involvement with American Idol, The X Factor The Voice, I may not know Blake Shelton from any of the (many) other current country hitmakers that I don’t know from Blake Shelton…I don’t listen, I don’t care to. Apparently, he said something the other day…

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Dale Watson- The Sun Sessions

In my Roots Music column two weeks ago I featured Dale Watson’s first Red House release, The Sun Sessions. It may not change the world, but it sure is a good way to spend a half-hour. Dale Watson & the Texas Two The Sun Sessions Red House From folk (Greg & Pieta Brown, Eliza Gilkyson)…

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Dale Watson & the Texas Two Videos

New from Dale Watson is The Sun Sessions, a rocking little album inspired by the 50s rock and roll and country that made the Memphis studio famous. http://youtu.be/o1V0PHD_StE, http://youtu.be/ljmULpS93Fw, and http://youtu.be/EnyYwdFQJgk are among the many videos from the project posted on YouTube. They don’t come much cooler than Dale Watson and The Sun Sessions provide ample…

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My Favourite Albums of the Aughts- Part One of Four

Like every other writer and blogger, I’ve been checking my lists twice and thrice as we close out the decade. The thing with these lists, at least when I make them, is they might look very different on a different day. And the positionings- once you get past the first dozen or two- can be fairly…

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