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A husband, father, writer, musician, former disc jockey and radio program director, lover of bad jokes, Dylan fanatic, and an all-around pretty good guy.
Album Reviews

Nathan Bowles “Plainly Mistaken” (Paradise of Bachelors, 2018)

September 26, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

Drawing on Appalachian textures and filtering them through a trio format, acclaimed banjoist Nathan Bowles delivers his latest album, ‘Plainly Mistaken,’ with the addition of fellow band members Rex McMurry on drums and Casey Toll on […]

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Drift Mouth “Little Patch of Sky” (Wild Frontier, 2018)

September 25, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

Drift Mouth’s singer/songwriter/ guitarist Lou Poster’s father was a West Virginia coal miner for 37 years.  When he retired around 2006, Poster presented him with a recording of covers and originals that celebrated a career that […]

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Aaron Lee Tasjan “Karma For Cheap” (New West, 2018)

September 7, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

Listening to the second New West release – and fourth overall – for songwriter/guitarist/ sideman extraordinaire Aaron Lee Tasjan is an unexpected and glorious experience.  Inspired by pre-teen Southern California days riding around with his mom […]

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Stephen Simmons “Gall” (Independent, 2018)

August 29, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

If you’re having a great day and feeling care-free, you may want to steer clear of ‘Gall,’ the new album by singer-songwriter Stephen Simmons. Recorded in his Tennessee home over the past year, Simmons plays all […]

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Paul Simon “In The Blue Light” (Sony Music, 2018)

August 21, 2018 Mike Elliott 0

Almost two years following 2016’s magnificent ‘Stranger to Stranger,’ Paul Simon announced he was retiring from the road before embarking on the appropriately named “Homeward Bound – the Farewell Tour.”  Simon’s thoughts may have been on […]

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Interview: Talking New Music, Producing GRAMMY-Winning Albums, Family and Legacy with John Carter Cash

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John Carter Cash has enjoyed a remarkable career in the music industry. Winning multiple GRAMMY awards for his work as a producer, he has collaborated with a succession of iconic artists, from John Prine to Emmylou […]

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Interview: James McMurtry discusses creativity, cancer companies and latest album The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy

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No one could ever accuse James McMurtry of being fanciful. After all, the characters in his songs invariably are edged with such direct, keen-eyed realism, it seems like they’ve walked straight out of the diner or […]

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Interview: Ashley Monroe succeeded through hard work and sacrifice

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When you learn that Ashley Monroe was once part of a country supergroup – Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley – you figure right away she must be some kind of urban cowgirl, a […]

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Steve Earle announced his arrival in our lives with his debut album in 1986. Since then, he has racked up almost thirty studio and live albums under his own name or in collaboration with others. I […]

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I heard from a colleague,  who has contact with associates of Eric Taylor, that he had died on March 9th 2020 following a period of illness. I immediately checked the web for confirmation but there was […]

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