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The Agoraphobic Cowboy
by Rick Moranis
Urbane Cowboy As many artists have discovered, it can be quite liberating to do something that is totally different from what they are known for. And like fellow Canadian comedian Bruce McCulloch, he proves he really can carry a tune, with a deep, mellow voice more Tom Monroe than Seymore Krelborn, managing to convey just the right amount of humor and sincerity in each track. |
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Cowboy Junkies in Concert
by Cowboy Junkies
Wake me up before the show show When the Cowboy Junkies' Margo Timmins would look up, her bedroom eyes told stories to those she locked them with. Engaging? Hell yeah. |
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Lucinda Williams Live
by Lucinda Williams / Bottle Rockets
Getting It Right, Over and Over Again This was the kind of beauty the audience held its breath for. Nobody wanted to miss a note. |
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Blue Sky
by Bottle Rockets
Done Got Old There are indications the Bottle Rockets have already entered that same realm where classic rock musicians die off, one by one. |
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The Handsome Family In Concert
by The Handsome Family
All in the Family It takes a special kind of lady to admit watching a Best in Show competition while playing her bass onstage is as distracting as watching porn. |
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Decoration Day
by Drive-By Truckers
Gettin' Better All The Time The Drive-By Truckers' songs are not cheery, but they feel real, told largely through smiles so wide, you almost miss the tears. |
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Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss
by Hayseed Dixie
Less tongue, more twang For all its acclaim, Kiss is still content to try and dress up its music with spectacle, using makeup and platforms to try and distract audiences worldwide from the one thing it has never had to begin with: talent. Hayseed Dixie strips the overblown rock band right down to its skivvies and, whether intentional or not, exposes how incredibly silly these songs were to begin with. |
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ELVIS: Walk a Mile in My Shoes - The Essential 70's Masters
by Elvis Presley
For the Heart What we end up hearing then, is a comfortable Elvis. What it sometimes lacks in the energy most often associated with the frenetic kid he was at the start is replaced with the power he'd learned to harness near his end. |
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Cry
by Faith Hill
Cry me a river Instead of a nice, organized, constructed cry, Faith Hill's album "Cry" is like sobbing, then weeping, then whimpering, then screaming and then a single tear drops from her eye. |
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IIth
by Purdymouth WV
Living in a Hee-Haw State of Mind All great bands begin as an idea. Purdymouth WV's sprang forth as the result of a hangover. |
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