You know, Country & Western!
This ain't your Dad's country music. It's your Granddad's! None of that new Nashville bullshit either. This is where you'll find what I consider the best in Country (Classic and Alt), Folk, and Americana.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Abner Jay
Abner Jay - Bring It With You When You Come
It’s an outsider music kind of day with Abner Jay. “Turrrrrrrible things!”
American Aquarium - Lonely Ain’t Easy
I need to see these boys play again. Been too long.
El Townes Van Zandt by Carlos Hernandez
Legend: Townes Van Zandt
“It was Clark who challenged a then 21-year-old Crowell to delve into his friend’s song craft. “I remember Guy sitting me down and saying, ‘One of the first things I gotta get you to do is understand how great Townes is…,’ and he really worked to get me to see how poetically inspired his work was. Guy made me listen to everything, every work tape… to show me this is the bar.”
Townes Van Zandt - To Live Is To Fly
Have you picked up Sunshine Boy yet? It’s mindblowing (and so wonderfully underproduced to give you that raw Townes sound.)
Townes Van Zandt - Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold
Lay them raises down.
Townes Van Zandt by Jim McGuire
The late, great TVZ would have been 69 today. Born 3/7/44. Raise a glass and pour one for him while you’re at it.
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell - Dreaming My Dreams
From their excellent* new album, Old Yellow Moon.
*I didn’t want to like it, but it was hard not to.
Shovels & Rope - Birmingham
Official video!
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
For all you couples, singles and others out there, the best love song ever written.
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy last night at last night’s phenomenal Lincoln Center show
The David Mayfield Parade - I Just Might Pray
I’d give it all to have you in my arms tonight
