It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
Whither country music - or will it wither? Most of the c&w on strut at the recent CMA awards had more to do with 80's power-rock and 00's teen-pop than the morning farm report. In recent years, an alt-country movement in such Willy-billy suburbs as Brooklyn's Williamsburg has waved a country flag, along with a taste for trucker's caps and Pabst Blue Ribbon. This isn't a sudden outcropping on the range; ever since Gram Parsons… more »
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07.31.11
Track of the day...
"My buckets got a hole in it"
07.18.11
Video of the day....
"I Saw The Light" http://t.co/OzRipoP via @youtube
07.17.11
Why can't I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold, cold heart?
07.16.11
The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky, and as I wander where you are I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
07.16.11
Track of the day....
Hank Williams: Lovesick Blues http://t.co/aMftdtp via @youtube
Rare video footage!!