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Gordie Tentrees - Mercy and Sin (media)

Geordie Tentrees http://www.tentrees.ca takes the plaudits for this music and more and more of them by the day it seems, however his unique fusion of acoustic, electric, roots "n" rhythm is in equal measure due to his long time cohorts Matt King on Bass and Ken Herm… Continue

Added by The Medicine Show on November 27, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

HENNESSY KEANE —NOWHERE FAST (Own label)

www.hennessy/keane.com Fronted by Shaun Hennessy (guitars, banjo, backing vocals) and Ian Keane (lead vocals, drums) and partnered by Carl Storey (guitars, backing vocals), Spencer Brown (bass) and producer Nick Beere, who also guests on Hammond organ Nowhere Fast is very much… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 27, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

CHARLIE POOLE —THE ESSENTIAL CHARLIE POOLE (Proper Records) 4 disc box set and Ramblin' Boys: A Journey - The Martin Stephenson/Charlie Poole connection (media)

www.properuk.com North Carolina-born, Charlie Poole was undoubtedly one of the most colourful characters of his age, and for that matter a good few more since then. In some ways he was like the Hank Williams of his day, but singing old time music and not country. He drank heavily and… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 27, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

PIETA BROWN —SHIMMER (Red House)

www.redhouserecords.com www.pietabrown.com Produced by Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson etc) Shimmer is a seven-track collection of stripped demos by Pieta Brown. The daughter of famed Iowa singer-songwriter, Greg Brown who too… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 27, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Sandra MacBeth: Conjugal Scene

An impressive debut album from Scotland's own Sandra MacBeth, 'Conjugal Scene'www.myspace.com/sandramacbeth is accomplished and ambitious. Accomplished because Sandra and her bandmates play with an assurance that springs from knowing exac… Continue

Added by John (Biscuits and Gravy) Davy on November 25, 2009 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

CHIP TAYLOR —YONKERS NY Train Wreck (media)

www.trainwreckrecords.com/ Chip Taylor is a legend! Nothing less, and once you have seen him put on a show and listened carefully to his records and no longer take him solely as songwriter you will also agree. He has penned such songs as ‘Wild Thing’, ‘Angel Of the Morning’, ‘Son Of A Ro… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

MALCOLM HOLCOMBE —FOR THE MISSION BABY - Echo Mountain Music (media)

www.malcolmholcombe.com Here we have yet another superb album from singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe. Spitting out lyrics like bullets from a shogun, his rough-hewn vocals and acoustic guitar aided by the likes of his good friend Jared Tyler (dobro) plus Tim O… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 22, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

MARTHA ANN BROOKS —LATELY…. Own label (media)

www.marthaannbrooks Martha Ann Brooks is singer-songwriter originally from Montgomery, Alabama but raised in Augusta, Georgia who blends folk, country, and jazz with pop and has a wonderful controlled singing voice. Unlike all too many today she really can sing,… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 21, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

CHARLEY PATTON —THE DEFINITIVE CHARLEY PATTON PROPERBOX - Proper Records (media)

www.properuk.com As blues legends go Charley Patton is up there with the best, and seen by many as the most important figure of the pre-war Mississippi Delta blues scene through his rich, full-bodied music. In comparison to the likes of Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Sun House among… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 20, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

HEATHER MASSE —BIRD SONG - Red House (media)

www.heathermasse.com www.redhouserecords.com First off I must state what a fabulously voice New York-based musician Heather Masse possesses and that she uses it beautifully. With support from her band of Jed Wilson (keyboards), Karl Doty (ba… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 20, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Roy Rogers -- Split Decision (Blind Pig Records) (media)

Added by David Blue on November 19, 2009 at 9:47pm — 1 Comment

Tom Mason: Alchemy (media)

Tom Mason Actor and musician (or musician and actor), seems like an all-round good guy, living life to the full and keen for us to have some fun with him. He is one very fine guitar player and has got a cohort of familiar Nashville names to help out here - Jen Gunderman,… Continue

Added by John (Biscuits and Gravy) Davy on November 15, 2009 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Daddy: "For A Second Time" Cedar Creek Music ccm003 (media)

Daddy are an occasional band bringing together Will Kimbrough and Tommy Womack along with John Deaderick on keyboards, Dave Jacques on bas… Continue

Added by John (Biscuits and Gravy) Davy on November 15, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

CLAIRE LYNCH —WHATCHA GONNA DO (Rounder)

Bluegrass singer and hit songwriter Claire Lynch has changed little since I first heard her in the early 1980s fronting t… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 15, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW —LIVE AT THE ORANGE PEEL AND TENNESSEE THEATRE LIVE (DVD) Nettwerk (Media)

Since breaking onto the scene, the Old Crows have made a huge impression with their blending of traditional country, folk, blues, jug band music and bluegrass fueled by a ton of energy . That has made them firm favourites at festivals in Europe as well as their native h… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 15, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Bob Cheevers Talks to The Medicine Shows Rob Ellen in a Flyinshoes Review video log.

Bob Cheevers grand mother was a music hall performer, his mother a swing band singer, he became a beach bum Californian pop star in the 60's, and subsequently developed into a born again songster and modern teller of American Tales . 40 years on the road he talks to… Continue

Added by The Medicine Show on November 14, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Celilo Bending Mirrors (media)

Portland Oregon has been referred to as the most environmentally friendly city in the United States, so no surprise the sons and daughters of Portland, are sallying forth with a new wave of thoughtful and thought provoking indie music, that is capturing hearts and minds across the roots music scene around the world. Very much in the… Continue

Added by The Medicine Show on November 9, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

DANNY SCHMIDT —on tour soon! Maurice Hope finds out all you need to know before you go (Media)

Texas-raised singer-songwriter Danny Schmidt is one of the most talented writers to emerge on the Americana scene this decade and counting. After him winning Kerrville’s New Folk Award in 2007 and critical acclaim of Little Grey Sheep the following year, 2009… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 9, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Kevin Deal - "7 Seven"

A new Kevin Deal album is always a red letter day at The Medicine Maisonette, so I thought Ide spread the good news at Flyinshoes. Kevin may even now be a new name to many confirmed Country Music fans, he may never achieve the record sales of a say a Tim McGraw or Toby Kieth, a fact that I'm sure at his stage in a career in… Continue

Added by The Medicine Show on November 9, 2009 at 6:15pm — No Comments

CHRIS SMITHER —TIME STAND STILL (Signature Sounds)

www.smither.com www.signaturesounds.com Folk blues Americana act Chris Smither who has been writing great songs for a long time and had the likes of Bonnie Raitt pick up on his work seems to make class albums at will. Since the beginning Chris S… Continue

Added by Maurice Hope on November 8, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

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