Blue Rodeo's 5 essential alt-country albums (and songs)
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"Your stuff is so hard, they're gonna think it's rock 'n' roll," a friend once told Dwight Yoakam. Twisting strains of Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Gram Parsons into a stripped-down sound wholly his own, Yoakam is one of music's true mavericks, and his body of work is one of the most innovative in all of country. Rooted in the p... [Read More]
In 2011, an eponymous, self-recorded EP led to touring, and before long The Lumineers started attracting devout fans. They're drawn by songs like "Ho Hey" and "Stubborn Love," Americana-inflected barn burners in the vein of the Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons. The roots revival of the last few yeas has primed listeners for a new generation of rus... [Read More]
Josh Ritter's deluxe double-album re-issue of The Animal Years, the best-selling title in Josh's catalog! Like Golden Age Of Radio and Hello Starling, The Animal Years has been drastically improved. The updated version now includes a BONUS cd, featuring Josh performing the ENTIRE ALBUM solo acoustic, plus four LIVE b-sides, and two videos. The acou... [Read More]
On his last two albums, Jason Eady earned major acclaim for his ahead-of-the curve take on classic country, a bold departure from his earlier excursions into blues-infested Americana. Now with his sixth album, the Mississippi-bred singer/guitarist merges his distinct sensibilities into a stripped-down, roots-oriented sound that starkly showcases th... [Read More]
Long awaited reissue of this 1990 album from the Country Music superstar. Garth Brooks' eponymous first album was released in 1989. Since then, he has managed to become one of the most successful musical artists in history, Country or otherwise. Brooks' integration of Rock elements into his recordings and live performances earned him immense popula... [Read More]
The Time Jumpers are Nashville's best kept musical secret, but the word is spreading about what many of Nashville's recording artists, musicians, and industry executives have already discovered on Monday nights at The Station Inn. About eight years ago, a few of Nashville's studio musicians and vocalists made a deliberate decision to get together o... [Read More]
The long awaited first pressing of Gillian Welch’s Soul Journey contains some of her most beloved songs, including the timeless classic “Look At Miss Ohio”. The album was mastered directly from the original tapes through custom Ortofon amplifiers to a Neumann VMS-80 cutting system and plated and pressed on 150-gram audiophile-quality vinyl at... [Read More]
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