Blogs about: 2008 Releases Disc Reviews
Featured Blog
Roots music column, June 5
Good day, roots music fans, In this week’s column, I advance several area shows and festivals as well as highlight the five albums I am placing on my ballot for this years Polaris Music Prize: t… more →
Fervor Coulee- roots music opinion
Roots music column, June 5
Donald Teplyske wrote 5 months ago: Good day, roots music fans, In this week’s column, I advance several area shows and festivals … more →
Jay Clark- I'm Confused
Donald Teplyske wrote 6 months ago: Jay Clark I’m Confused JayClarkMusic.com This one has taken much too long to review; I’ve been enjo … more →
Lluís Gómez Quartet- Lluís Gómez Quartet
Donald Teplyske wrote 9 months ago: Lluís Gómez Quartet Self-released web.mac.com/lluisgomez International bluegrass is no more consiste … more →
Robin & Linda Williams- Buena Vista
Donald Teplyske wrote 9 months ago: Robin & Linda Williams Buena Vista Red House The venerable folk and acoustiblue duo return wit … more →
Paul Reddick- Sugar Bird
Donald Teplyske wrote 9 months ago: Paul Reddick Sugar Bird Northern Blues I’ve never really ‘got’ what others saw and heard in Toront … more →
Copper Kettle - Poison On Your Mind
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: Copper Kettle Poison On Your Mind www.copperkettleband.com Upon listening to this second album fro … more →
The Hager’s Mountain Boys - A Better Way
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: The Hager’s Mountain Boys A Better Way www.thehagersmountainboys.com Based in Roxboro, NC, The Hag … more →
Kenny & Amanda Smith Band- Live and Learn
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: Kenny & Amanda Smith Band Live and Learn Rebel Records www.rebelrecords.com Seemingly bluegras … more →
Roots Music Column- January 16, 2009
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: In my column this week I review two very strong albums. Darrell Scott’s Modern Hymns receives … more →
The Daughters of Bluegrass - Bluegrass Bouquet
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: The Daughters of Bluegrass Bluegrass Bouquet Blue Circle Records www.bluecirclerecords.com With tw … more →
Little Feat and Friends- Join the Band
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: Little Feat and Friends Join the Band 429 Records A rare project of logistics that doesn’t lose an … more →
Maria Dunn- The Peddler
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: Maria Dunn The Peddler Self-Released Edmonton’s Maria Dunn has long been one of Alberta’s most imp … more →
Old Crow Medicine Show- Tennessee Pusher
— 1 comment
Donald Teplyske wrote 10 months ago: Old Crow Medicine Show Tennessee Pusher Nettwerk This Old Crow album confused me; there are three … more →
Blue Moon Rising- One Lonely Shadow
Donald Teplyske wrote 11 months ago: An experiment, if you will. It remains a thrill to see my writing in print; a bit of an ego rush, an … more →
Waco Brothers- Waco Express- Live and Kickin'
Donald Teplyske wrote 11 months ago: Waco Brothers Waco Express- Live and Kickin’ Bloodshot When alt.country was little more than a gli … more →
My Postcard2 Top 20 for 2008
Donald Teplyske wrote 11 months ago: Postcard2 is a list serve that is focused around (mostly) roots music and its various off-shoots. Ea … more →
Mark Erelli- Delivered
Donald Teplyske wrote 11 months ago: Mark Erelli Delivered Signature Sounds Sometime ago, Mark Erelli posted to his website the opportuni … more →
Darrell Scott- Modern Hymns
Donald Teplyske wrote 11 months ago: Darrell Scott Modern Hymns Appleseed/Full Light Americana’s most impressive contemporary troubadou … more →
Alison Krauss- A Hundred Miles or More: Live from the Tracking Room
Donald Teplyske wrote 11 months ago: Alison Krauss A Hundred Miles or More: Live from the Tracking Room Rounder On this DVD, the bluegr … more →
