To say I am fond of pedal steel guitar would be an understatement; I bloody adore the instrument and how it sounds, whether as high lonesom...

Nanci Griffith : Desperados Waiting For A Train [ purchase ] No personal story, no long history lesson, no political discussion toda...

Is there a more archetypal US couple than Jack and Diane? Well, of course, the answer is an unreserved yes, but, ignoring that, this couple...

Purchase Steve Earle's CCKMP A stark, unforgiving and unrepentant reflection on drug addiction and personal destruction: I cannot ...

Tom Waits : Way Down In The Hole [ purchase ] [ purchase The Wire soundtrack, with 4 of the 5 versions used in the credits ] This yea...

I don't know what colour the devil's right hand may be, but it would not surprise me if it were, too, red, what with what he has in ...

Wet/Water: Energy Orchard's "Sailortown" Purchase So much to say about this band that hasn't been said. Where to b...

Steve Earle : The Revolution Starts Now [ purchase ] Although the day that commemorates the American Revolution has just passed, the ...

Steve Earle : Johnny Come Lately [ purchase ] Lucinda Williams : Changed the Locks [ purchase ] Though "alt.country" woul...

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer : The Mountain [ purchase ] Steve Earle with The Del McCoury Band : The Mountain [ purchase ] A mount...

Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band : Yours Forever Blue [ purchase ] Talk about late! Here’s a guy who loses the woman he loves, and ...

Rodney Crowell: Telephone Road [ purchase ] Steve Earle: Telephone Road [ purchase ] Just to be clear before we start... These are two diffe...

Steve Earle: Ellis Unit One [ purchase ] Here's one more quickie that didn't quite fit in with the happy songs I posted yesterday. ...

Steve Earle: Amerika v. 6.0 (The Best We Can Do) [ purchase ] We are a people perpetually balanced on a tightrope stretched between our his...