Archive for August, 2012
Steve Forbert: Over With You
One of America’s most poetic songwriters, Steve Forbert’s newest release is a collection of insightful accounts of human relationships.
Maia Sharp: Change the Ending
One of today’s finest songwriters, Maia Sharp’s eye for detail, ear for catchy melodies and warm voice shine on her new release.
Jimmy Webb’s Story Behind “The Highwayman”
I was in London, finishing an album, El Mirage, with [Beatles producer] George Martin. My friend Harry Nilsson was there, and we were doing some professional drinking. He left my apartment one night, and I went to sleep and had an incredibly vivid dream. I had an old brace of pistols in my belt and […]
Kelly Joe Phelps: Brother Sinner and the Whale
With his gritty voice and mesmerizing work on the bottleneck guitar, Kelly Joe Phelps delivers his most soulful CD to date.
Radney Foster: Unplugged & Lonesome
Radney Foster takes us back 20 years and reinvents one of the best country records ever made, live and unplugged.
Farewell, Marvin Hamlisch
Scoring movie soundtracks, writing Broadway musicals, penning Top 40 pop hits, conducting and composing full classical symphonies for orchestras, accompanying Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand and Groucho Marx – you name it, Marvin Hamlisch has done it. Not only has he done it, but this award-winning, world-renowned composer/arranger has a list of accomplishments that would make […]