Holiday listening suggestions that span new releases, live zydeco joy, and timeless Christmas compilations that give back.
Author: Bill Graham
Bill Graham
Bill Graham is a retired attorney who worked with legal programs representing poor and low income elderly and also represented veterans who had been denied benefits promised to them. He is also a songwriter and past President of both the Northeast Country Music Association and its affiliated Songwriters Workshop. A former writer for Blues Wax, Bill interviewed Valerie June before anyone knew who she was.
A remembrance of Raul Malo’s music, generosity, and belief in connection through song.
Examining ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’: holiday classic or cringe-worthy relic of a bygone era? Perspectives vary.
“I hope people feel the same delight hearing it that we felt playing it,” Bill Dickson says of the Rousers’ newly released ‘1979 Sire Session.’
This week’s album roundup spans genres and generations: Magnolia Boulevard’s self-titled debut, Max Gomez’s ‘Memory Mountain,’ and The Rousers’ long-shelved ‘1979 Sire Sessions.’
“Lookin’ Back” finds its stride not in nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake, but in what’s still possible. A songwriter’s reminder that the view behind can point the way ahead.
Country-rock, blues, and Zydeco collide: new releases, archival treasures, and live jams prove great music never loses its spark.
Tony Joe White’s 1980 album ‘The Real Thang’ returns, newly reissued under the direction of his son Jody White. The release features all eight original tracks plus 10 never-before-heard songs pulled from Tony’s personal archives — a treasure trove Jody only discovered after his father’s passing.
Priest, poet, and troubadour. On ‘Forbidden Hymns,’ John finds hope and conviction in the struggle for a better world, transforming reflection into resistance. The album is produced by GRAMMY-winning Ken Coomer (drummer for Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Steve Earle) and features John Carter Cash on a song about living fully: “No One Gets Out of Here Alive.”
Rooted in Kansas and fueled by wanderlust, MoonShroom’s ‘Take A Trip’ fuses bluegrass, folk, and psychedelia into a debut that feels like a backroads adventure set to music.