Simply Music
March 21, 2008
I fear that with my Antipodean explorations, I’ve sent A Free Man careening uncontrollably down an indie-pop trail. Well, it is time to take the wheel again and steer us temporarily back onto that long open highway of Americana.
I remember talking alt-country one night with a slightly older friend who took great pleasure in lecturing […]
March 16, 2008
I listened to k.d. lang’s album “Drag” on repeat while I was quitting smoking last year, so she’ll always have a special place in my heart. Her new LP, “Watershed” came out in January and what I’ve heard of it is outstanding. The steel guitar alone on “I Dream of Spring”, an appropriate track for […]
American artists, British Artists, Country, Indie Pop, Instrumental, MP3 of the Week, folk - 3 Comments
March 15, 2008
That’s the way one of my favorite live albums starts, that deep baritone voice, with the soft Southern accent. This is followed by one of the most familiar guitar licks you’ll ever hear and…
“I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ ’round the bend,
And I ain’t seen the sunshine,
Since, I don’t know when,
I’m stuck in Folsom […]
