Christmas Favorites From Nat King Cole, Vince Guaraldi … and Henry Rollins?!: Gimme Five
Asked to pick five favorite Yuletide songs (and only five), our panel of holly-jolly musical enthusiasts offered some occasionally offbeat suggestions.
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Justin Townes Earle Came of Age on the Rootsy, Focused ‘Midnight at the Movies’
10 years ago, Justin Townes Earle’s ‘Midnight at the Movies’ showed that simple and bold can certainly outshine complex and epic.
U2 vs. Foo Fighters, Adele vs. Alice Cooper, Neil Young vs. Steve Earle + more: Odd Couples
No “best of” list here. Just a year-end housecleaning of random Odd Couples jabs, hooks and uppercuts – and not always above the belt.
Nick DeRiso’s Mid-Year Best of 2015 (Jazz, Blues + R&B): Gavin Harrison, Dave Douglas + others
This Mid-Year Best of 2015 list also includes Boz Scaggs, Pops Staples, Papa Mali, Wes Montgomery, Robben Ford, the Word, Steve Earle and Beth Hart.
Steve Earle, “The Tennessee Kid” from Terraplane (2015): One Track Mind
You can’t dig too deeply into blues, as Steve Earle is doing these days, without a teeth-splintering clang of your shovel against Robert Johnson’s legend.
Steve Earle, “Baby Baby Baby (Baby)” from Terraplane (2015): One Track Mind
The opening track from Steve Earle’s upcoming ‘Terraplane,’ a chugging Howlin’ Wolf-esque electric blues, works on two levels.
Steve Earle, “You’re the Best Lover that I Ever Had” (2015): Something Else! sneak peek
Steve Earle sounds like he was born to the blues, even if he’s just now turning his focus there.
Odd Couples: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” vs. Steve Earle’s “Copperhead Road”
Call this one the American Dream … and the American Detour.
