Album name: Live from Austin, TX
Artist name: Drive-By Truckers
Genre: Rock n’ Roll
Released: July 7 2009
Label: New West
ZME Rating: 9/10
Website: drivebytruckers.com
In the spirit of full disclosure, I should probably inform you of two things:
1 - I’m a hard marker. In the time I’m writing for this website, you’ll likely never see me give an album 10/10. [...]
Clichés are basically the exact opposite of a box of chocolates: you always know what you’re gonna get next. The key to making clichés work in songwriting is to couch the clichés in a bunch of other interesting stuff so that they’re not all that important to the song, in the end. This is a [...]
The constantly energetic Elvis Costello will be expanding his respectable catalog next week with yet another album, titled “The Secret, The Profane, and the Sugarcane.” Recently he paid a visit to Newsweek’s Pop Vox music session, where he played his latest single “Sulphur to Sugarcane,” a moving southern anthem. That’s not all though, besides playing [...]
Album name: Roadsinger
Artist name: Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Genre: Folk, Rock, Pop
Released: May 5, 2009
Label: Umvd Labels
ZME Rating: 10(!)/10
Website: Yusuf Islam
When Cat Stevens said he would never sing ever again in the late 70s, I was devastated and it seems it was just yesterday. Nah, I’m just messing with you, but still… Here was this absolutely brilliant [...]
Artist name: Cardinals
Album name: Cardinology
Label: Lost Highway Records
Gender: Alternative Rock, Country
Release date: October 28, 2008
ZMErating: 9.5/10
Website: www.ryan-adams.com
From my point of view, it’s a big shame that Ryan Adams has been in the spotlight due to his drug related problems and mental meltdowns and tantrums than for artistic reasons. But if he had a chance to [...]
The gorgeous blonde has recently lost some fans due to what they call a shift to country music. But her response is the same, no matter how many times she is asked about this. The acclaimed singer-songwriter is trying to explain why even though the music on her seventh record, “Perfectly Clear,” is a departure [...]
Artist name: Mudcrutch
Album name: Mudcrutch
Label: Reprise Records
Genre: Rock/Country Rock/Southern Rock
Release date: April 29, 2008
ZMErating: 9/10
Website: www.mudcrutchmusic.com
Tom Petty is without doubt one of the most influential and recognizable American artists, of the 20th century. His work spans on over 3 decades, after releasing countless records with The Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys, as a solo artists and [...]
Artist name: Counting Crows
Album name: Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
Label: Geffen
Gender: Folk Rock
Release date: March 25, 2008
ZMErating: 10/10
Website: www.countingcrows.com
Well boys ‘n’ girls it’s here! Don’t know if you were expecting it, but I certainly eagerly awaited their return. Without further ado, I’ll just get right into it and tell you about it. First of all, [...]
Oh man, when a titan such as Bob Dylan makes plans, you know it’s gonna be good; and when this record is going to be based on some unfinished lyrics by country singer Hank Williams, it’s gonna be great. When he also asks Jack White, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams and other to work with him…you [...]
Country rock legend [tag]Willie Nelson[/tag] is set to celebrate his 75th birthday, on April 30, by releasing a whooping 100 track long, four CD, box set, called “One Hell Of A Ride.” The box set will be released on April, on Legacy, 1 and will feature songs from across Willie’s five decade long discography; what [...]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
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