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The Honey Dewdrops : Miner’s Lullaby
Lovely acoustic & live version of a fine song, I unfortunately have to admit, wasn’t aware of before. Shame on me.
Old Crow Medicine Show : Union Maid
Bloody f***ing genius.
Aiofe O’Donovan : The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
Wonderful. No more to be said.
Grayson Capps : Washboard Lisa
A most wonderful live version of the best thing about the so-and-so John Travolta/Scarlett Johansson film A Love Song For Bobby Long (together with the many fine songs of G. Capps, Los Lobos, Trespassers William and others
I Hear Them All
Two rather different, but equally excellent versions of a great, great song.
Darren Hanlon : Chattanooga Shoot Shoot
Chattanooga Shoot Shoot is just one of the many ace songs from Darren Hanlons’s very fabulous new record Where Did You Come From? If I can get my sh** together in the next few days, there will be a review of that record on here. Meanwhile, check this out, if you please.
The Stray Birds : Best Medicine
The first song I heard by a band that was previously unknown to me. Of course this sounds quite a lot like Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings’ work, but what the hell is wrong with that? Nothing, that’s what.
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer : Gentle Arms Of Eden
This song was newly written at the time of this recording at Sisters Folk Festival in Sisters, OR. It also appeared on the last album Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer should record together before Carter’s death in 2002, Drum Hat Buddha. Read my review of their album Seven Is The Number here
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard : It’s All Going To Pot
‘Tis indeed. The coolest song and video I have heard and seen in a long, long time.
Back Road Bound 