The temptation to follow the Beatles into psychedelic pop-rock was powerful, indeed. But somehow, someway, the Rolling Stones managed to make like Bob Dylan and find the strength to turn back from the abyss and culminate instead on the roots rock that made them unique and lovely unto themselves. The result, thank God, is the […]
Vinally Friday – 11/30
This week on the Trail turntable: • Craig will kick off the day with the most celebrated solo release from an American rock and jazz drummer most known for his work backing Jimi Hendrix. Buddy Miles has a pair of solo releases to his name when he dropped what would become his masterpiece, Them Changes, […]
Vinally Friday – 10/19
This week on the Trail turntable: • Craig will open up the day with the second album by The Butterfield Blues Band, East-West. Released in 1966, East-West continues to be regarded as one of the more influential rock and blues albums of the era, with a focus on traditional covers and the guitar-based work of […]
Vinally Friday – 10/5
This week on the Trail turntable: • Craig will continue his four-part celebration of Bruce Springsteen‘s birthday with more from the Live/1975-85 box set. In addition to turning 69, the Boss also celebrated this week the first anniversary of his “Springsteen on Broadway” show in Las Vegas. He also made a surprise appearance last weekend […]
Vinally Friday, 9/28
This week on the Trail turntable: • Craig will continue his month-long exploration of Bruce Springsteen‘s five-disc live box set, Live/1975-85. The set marked the first live album in a decade to top the charts after its release in 1986; ultimately it went platinum 13 times over. It remains the second best-selling live album in […]
Vinally Friday – 9/21
There’s lots of fun trivia about what’s arguably the greatest rock album of this millennium – most notably the legend of its initial rejection by label execs, a subsidiary of which released it in full the very next year. But most critics will tell you what makes Wilco‘s fourth studio release, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, so […]
Vinally Friday – 9/14
Somewhere between the death of Ziggy Stardust and the birth of The Thin White Duke lies one of David Bowie’s more misunderstood albums. Yeah, so the Ziggy persona wasn’t really entirely absent from the English rocker’s eighth studio release, 1974’s Diamond Dogs. But it was clear glam rock was, and with the first album in […]
Vinally Friday – 9/7
We asked Craig for three reasons why he’s deemed the Rolling Stones “the finest rock and roll band on God’s green earth,” but we’re not sure he convinced us with his answer. “Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street,” he said. Sure, we love those albums, too. And we love the Stones’ personas even […]
Vinally Friday – 8/24
Progressive bluegrass band Infamous Stringdusters first headlined River City Roots Fest waaaay back in 2010. They were still relatively new on the scene then, but they’ve since become stalwarts on the live touring circuit – with several award winning albums to their name. Most recently, the five-piece picked up a Grammy Award for “Best Bluegrass […]
Vinally Friday – 8/17
This Friday on the turntable we’ll celebrate the birthday of one of rock’s living legends and then dip into a few good tracks off a few unexpected commercial hits from two very different genres – and generations. • Craig will open the day with tracks off Sturgill Simpson‘s debut studio album, High Top Mountain. Produced […]
