In celebration of the imminent humiliation for the state’s flagship university, I’m happy to present an expanded Florida Hate Week edition of Deep South Smack Talk. Speaking for the evil swamp lizards, we have my oldest friend and occasional A Free Man commentor, Jamie. He and I went through high school together and despite his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Country’
Deep South Smack Talk: My Friend The Enemy
More country than punk – Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
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 [...]
Ten best of the week: k.d. lang, MGMT and Blah Blah Blah
16 Mar 2008 at 19:00
A Free Man
American artists, British Artists, Country, Indie Pop, Instrumental, MP3 of the Week, folk
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 [...]
Flashback: Hello, I’m Johnny Cash…
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 [...]
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