INDEX
November 2011 c.d reviews
Lydia Loveless - Indestructible machine (2011) 3.5***
Ollabelle - Neon blue bird (2011) 3***
New Country Rehab (2011) 3.5***
Case Hardin - Every dirty mirror (2011) 4****
Blueflint - Maudy Tree (2011) 4****
Rat Trapper - Tub Life (2011) 3.5***
September /October 2011 c.d reviews
Lovisa Stahl - #1 (2011) 4****
Snakefarm - My halo at half light (2011) 3***
Michael and the Lonesome Playboys - Last of the Honky Tonks
(2011) 4****
Old Sledge - Don't let your deal go down (2011) 4.5****
The Dirt Daubers - Wake up sinners (2011) 4****
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Here we rest (2011) 3***
Bettysoo and Doug Cox - Across the Borderline: Lie to me
(2011) 3.5***
Whiskey Folk Ramblers - ....... and there are devils (2010) 4****
Oh Susanna - Soon the birds (2011) 4.5****
Larry And His Flask - All that we know (2011) 3.5***
Cody Canada & the Departed - This is Indian land (2011) 3.5***
Richmond Fontaine - The High Country (2011) 2.5**
Society - A crooked mile (2011) 4****
Old Californio - Sundrunk Angels (2011) 3***
August 2011 c.d reviews
Joe Ely - Satisfied at last (2011) 3.5***
Old Lost John - Bringing down the sky (2011) 4****
Mr Plow - Joyful in song are we (2011) 4****
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Peyton on Patton (2011) 4****
Deep Dark Woods - The place I left behind (2011) 3.5***
Patrolled by Radar - Be Happy (2011) 4****
The Black Swans - Don't blame the stars (2011) 2.5**
Greg Trooper - Upside-down town (2010) 4****
Dave Alvin - Eleven eleven (2011) 4.5****
Dawes - Nothing is wrong (2011) 3.5***
William Elliott Whitmore - Field songs (2011) 4****
Cletus Got Shot - Unamerican (2010) 4.5
January to July 2011 reviews
Eden and John's East River String Band -
Be kind to a man when he's down (2011) 3.5***
Eilen Jewell - Queen of the minor key (2011) 4.5****
Slingshot Cash - From Aftermath to Exile (2011) 4****
James Keyes - Devil take the hindmost (2011) 4****
Society - Songs from the Brickhouse (2009) 4.5****
Jalan Crossland - Driftwood souls (2010) 4****
Reverend John Delore - Little John the Conqueror (2011) 2.5**
Henhouse Prowlers - Verses, chapters and rhymes (2011) 3***
Little Lisa Dixie (2011) 3***
Curtis Eller's American Circus - 1890 (Remix) (2011) 3.5***
Trent Miller and the Skeleton Jive - Welcome to Inferno valley
(2011) 4****
The Black Lillies - 100 miles of wreckage (2011) 4****
Dead Rock West - Bright morning stars (2011) 4****
Jamie Freeman - Just you (2011) 3.5***
Seasick Steve - You can't teach an old dog new tricks (2011) 3.5***
Foghorn Trio - Sud de la Louisiane (2011) 4****
Good Luck Mountain (2011) 4****
Frank Fairfield - Out on the west (2011) 4.5****
Exene Cervenka - The excitement of maybe (2011) 3.5***
The Redlands Palomino Company - Don't fade (2011) 4****
Southern Tenant Folk Union - Pencaitland (2011) 5*****
Haunted Hearts - Howdy (2010) 3***
High Lonesome - In life we can't be free (2009) 4****
High Lonesome (2008) 3.5***
Perreze Farm - Songs for the birds (2009) e.p. 4.5****
Emmylou Harris - Hard bargain (2011) 3.5***
Old Man Markley - Guts 'n' teeth (2011) 3.5***
Crazy Mountain Billies - Badlands 3 (2011) 4****
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel (2011) 4****
Lucinda Williams - Blessed (2011) 3***
Carrie Elkin - Call it my garden (2011) 4****
Israel Nash Gripka - Barn doors and concrete floors (2011) 4.5****
Porchlight Smoker (2009) 4****
Grant Peeples - Okra and ecclisiastes (2011) 4.5****
Cam Penner - Gypsy summer (2011) 3.5***
Two Fingers of Firewater - Songs to listen to (2011) 4****
6 Day Bender - E'ville fuzz (2010) 3***
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers (2010) 4****
Rachel Brooke - Down in the barnyard (2011) 5*****
Jayke Orvis - It's all been said (2011) 4****
The Lonesome Drifter - Eager boy (2010) 4****
Malcolm Holcombe - To drink the rain (2010) 4****
Twilight Hotel - When the wolves go blind (2010) 3***
The Farewell Drifters - Yellow tag Mondays (2010) 2.5**
Emory Quinn - See you at the next light (2010) 4****
Drive-by-Truckers - Go-go boots (2011) 5*****
Goose Creek Symphony - Charlie Gearharts home recordings
(2010) 4****
T-Model Ford and Gravelroad - Taledragger (2011) 3.5***
John Wort Hannam - Queens Hotel (2010) 3***
Abigail Washburn - City of refuge (2010) 4****
Souther Still - Great wild street (2010) 3.5***
Bob Wayne - Outlaw carnie (2011) 4****
The Sumner Brothers - In the garage 2 (2010) 4.5****
Rachel Harrington - Celilo falls (2011) 5*****
Jay Berndt - Sad bastard songs (2010) 4****
Travel by Sea - Two states and the blindness that follows
(2010) 3.5***
November 2011 c.d reviews
Lydia Loveless - Indestructible machine (2011) 3.5***
Ollabelle - Neon blue bird (2011) 3***
New Country Rehab (2011) 3.5***
Case Hardin - Every dirty mirror (2011) 4****
Blueflint - Maudy Tree (2011) 4****
Rat Trapper - Tub Life (2011) 3.5***
September /October 2011 c.d reviews
Lovisa Stahl - #1 (2011) 4****
Snakefarm - My halo at half light (2011) 3***
Michael and the Lonesome Playboys - Last of the Honky Tonks
(2011) 4****
Old Sledge - Don't let your deal go down (2011) 4.5****
The Dirt Daubers - Wake up sinners (2011) 4****
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Here we rest (2011) 3***
Bettysoo and Doug Cox - Across the Borderline: Lie to me
(2011) 3.5***
Whiskey Folk Ramblers - ....... and there are devils (2010) 4****
Oh Susanna - Soon the birds (2011) 4.5****
Larry And His Flask - All that we know (2011) 3.5***
Cody Canada & the Departed - This is Indian land (2011) 3.5***
Richmond Fontaine - The High Country (2011) 2.5**
Society - A crooked mile (2011) 4****
Old Californio - Sundrunk Angels (2011) 3***
August 2011 c.d reviews
Joe Ely - Satisfied at last (2011) 3.5***
Old Lost John - Bringing down the sky (2011) 4****
Mr Plow - Joyful in song are we (2011) 4****
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Peyton on Patton (2011) 4****
Deep Dark Woods - The place I left behind (2011) 3.5***
Patrolled by Radar - Be Happy (2011) 4****
The Black Swans - Don't blame the stars (2011) 2.5**
Greg Trooper - Upside-down town (2010) 4****
Dave Alvin - Eleven eleven (2011) 4.5****
Dawes - Nothing is wrong (2011) 3.5***
William Elliott Whitmore - Field songs (2011) 4****
Cletus Got Shot - Unamerican (2010) 4.5
January to July 2011 reviews
Eden and John's East River String Band -
Be kind to a man when he's down (2011) 3.5***
Eilen Jewell - Queen of the minor key (2011) 4.5****
Slingshot Cash - From Aftermath to Exile (2011) 4****
James Keyes - Devil take the hindmost (2011) 4****
Society - Songs from the Brickhouse (2009) 4.5****
Jalan Crossland - Driftwood souls (2010) 4****
Reverend John Delore - Little John the Conqueror (2011) 2.5**
Henhouse Prowlers - Verses, chapters and rhymes (2011) 3***
Little Lisa Dixie (2011) 3***
Curtis Eller's American Circus - 1890 (Remix) (2011) 3.5***
Trent Miller and the Skeleton Jive - Welcome to Inferno valley
(2011) 4****
The Black Lillies - 100 miles of wreckage (2011) 4****
Dead Rock West - Bright morning stars (2011) 4****
Jamie Freeman - Just you (2011) 3.5***
Seasick Steve - You can't teach an old dog new tricks (2011) 3.5***
Foghorn Trio - Sud de la Louisiane (2011) 4****
Good Luck Mountain (2011) 4****
Frank Fairfield - Out on the west (2011) 4.5****
Exene Cervenka - The excitement of maybe (2011) 3.5***
The Redlands Palomino Company - Don't fade (2011) 4****
Southern Tenant Folk Union - Pencaitland (2011) 5*****
Haunted Hearts - Howdy (2010) 3***
High Lonesome - In life we can't be free (2009) 4****
High Lonesome (2008) 3.5***
Perreze Farm - Songs for the birds (2009) e.p. 4.5****
Emmylou Harris - Hard bargain (2011) 3.5***
Old Man Markley - Guts 'n' teeth (2011) 3.5***
Crazy Mountain Billies - Badlands 3 (2011) 4****
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel (2011) 4****
Lucinda Williams - Blessed (2011) 3***
Carrie Elkin - Call it my garden (2011) 4****
Israel Nash Gripka - Barn doors and concrete floors (2011) 4.5****
Porchlight Smoker (2009) 4****
Grant Peeples - Okra and ecclisiastes (2011) 4.5****
Cam Penner - Gypsy summer (2011) 3.5***
Two Fingers of Firewater - Songs to listen to (2011) 4****
6 Day Bender - E'ville fuzz (2010) 3***
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers (2010) 4****
Rachel Brooke - Down in the barnyard (2011) 5*****
Jayke Orvis - It's all been said (2011) 4****
The Lonesome Drifter - Eager boy (2010) 4****
Malcolm Holcombe - To drink the rain (2010) 4****
Twilight Hotel - When the wolves go blind (2010) 3***
The Farewell Drifters - Yellow tag Mondays (2010) 2.5**
Emory Quinn - See you at the next light (2010) 4****
Drive-by-Truckers - Go-go boots (2011) 5*****
Goose Creek Symphony - Charlie Gearharts home recordings
(2010) 4****
T-Model Ford and Gravelroad - Taledragger (2011) 3.5***
John Wort Hannam - Queens Hotel (2010) 3***
Abigail Washburn - City of refuge (2010) 4****
Souther Still - Great wild street (2010) 3.5***
Bob Wayne - Outlaw carnie (2011) 4****
The Sumner Brothers - In the garage 2 (2010) 4.5****
Rachel Harrington - Celilo falls (2011) 5*****
Jay Berndt - Sad bastard songs (2010) 4****
Travel by Sea - Two states and the blindness that follows
(2010) 3.5***