Hi there...! Here's an index of my reviews of new country, bluegrass and Americana records, more or less as they've been posted over the years. Most of these reviews have also been added to my genre-specific hick music guide, which includes dozens of artist profiles, and other, older record reviews. If you find this review archive useful, you're strongly urged to also check out the rest of the hick music section.
Hick Music Reviews - July, 2009
Tommy Cash "Rise And Shine/Six White Horses" (Omni Recordings)
Elvis Costello "Secret, Profane & Sugarcane" (Hear Music)
Rusty Draper "No Help Wanted" (Jasmine)
Jim Ford "Big Mouth USA -- The Unissued Paramount Album" (Bear Family)
Jim Ford "The Unissued Capitol Album" (Bear Family)
David Frizzell & Shelly West "The Very Best Of..." (Varese Sarabande)
Levon Helm "Electric Dirt" (Vanguard)
Sarah Jarosz "Song Up In Her Head" (Sugar Hill)
The Jayhawks "Music From The North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology" (Sony Legacy)
George Jones "The Complete Musicor Recordings, v.1-2" (Bear Family)
Kim Lenz & The Jaguars "It's All True!" (Riley Records)
Rhett Miller "Rhett Miller" (Shout Factory)
Alecia Nugent "Hillbilly Goddess" (Rounder)
Brad Paisley "American Saturday Night" (RCA)
Daryle Singletary "Rockin' In The Country" (Koch)
Son Volt "American Central Dust" (Rounder)
Bryan Sutton "Almost Live" (Sugar Hill)
Jackson Taylor & The Sinners "Aces & Eights" (Smith Music)
Tanya Tucker "My Turn" (Saguaro Road)
Wilco "Wilco (The Album)" (Nonesuch)
Holly Williams "Here With Me" (Mercury Nashville)
Hick Music Reviews - June, 2009
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses "Roadhouse Sun" (Lost Highway)
The Daughters Of Bluegrass "Bluegrass Bouquet" (Blue Circle)
John Doe & The Sadies "Country Club" (Yep Roc)
Nanci Griffith "The Loving Kind" (Rounder)
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks "Tangled Tales" (Surfdog)
Shooter Jennings "Bad Magick: The Best Of Shooter Jennings & The 357s" (Universal South)
King Wilkie "King Wilkie Presents: The Wilkie Family Singers" (Casa Nueva)
Tracy Lawrence "The Rock" (Rocky Comfort)
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver "Lonely Street" (Rounder)
Chris Pandolfi "Looking Glass" (Sugar Hill)
Dolly Parton "9 To 5 And Odd Jobs (Expanded Edition)" (Sony Legacy)
Collin Raye "Never Going Back" (Time-Life)
Barry Scott & Second Wind "In God's Time" (Rebel)
Spring Creek "Way Up On A Mountain" (Rebel)
Dallas Wayne "I'll Take The Fifth" (Smith Music)
Various Artists "STEELIN' IT: THE STEEL GUITAR STORY" (Proper)
Hick Music Reviews - May, 2009
Eddy Arnold "There's Been A Change In Me: 1951-1955" (Bear Family)
The Belleville Outfit "Time To Stand" (Thirty Tigers)
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy "How Big Can You Get?" (Vanguard)
Jason Boland "Comal County Blue" (Sustain)
Dale Ann Bradley "Don't Turn Your Back" (Compass)
Ed Bruce "The Tennessean/Cowboys And Dreamers" (Hux Records)
Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers "Songs In The Night" (Ramseur)
Dailey & Vincent "Brothers From Different Mothers" (Rounder)
Dailey & Vincent "Teach Bluegrass And Gospel Duet Singing" (DVD) (Homespun)
Steve Earle "Townes" (New West)
Matt Flinner "Music Du Jour" (Compass)
The Gibson Brothers "Ring The Bell" (Compass)
The Cornell Hurd Band "American Shadows: The Songs Of Moon Mullican" (Behemoth)
Charlie Louvin "Less And Less/Lonesome Is Me" (Hux)
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth "For Crying Out Loud" (F.A.Y. Recordings)
Arum Rae "Arum Rae" (Hyperreallist)
Various Artists "KEEP YOUR SOUL: A TRIBUTE TO DOUG SAHM" (Vanguard)
Hick Music Reviews - April, 2009
Rodney Atkins "It's America" (Curb)
Jason Boland "Comal County Blue" (Sustain)
Sarah Borges "The Stars Are Out" (Sugar Hill)
Wade Bowen "If We Ever Make It Home" (Sustain)
Alison Brown "The Company You Keep" (Compass)
Slaid Cleaves "Live At Blue Highways" (EP) (Continental Record Services)
Justin Townes Earle "Midnight At The Movies" (Bloodshot)
Andy Friedman & The Other Failures "Weary Things" (City Salvage)
Jeremy Garrett "I Am A Stranger" (Sugar Hill)
The Hollyfelds "Black Heart Blue" (Self-released)
Skeets McDonald "Heart Breakin' Mama" (Bear Family)
Buddy & Julie Miller "Written In Chalk" (New West)
Cyril Neville "Brand New Blues" (M.C. Records)
Various Artists "KEEP YOUR SOUL: A TRIBUTE TO DOUG SAHM" (Vanguard)
Various Artists "UNDONE: A MUSICFEST TRIBUTE TO ROBERT EARL KEEN" (Thirty Tigers)
Hick Music Reviews - March, 2009
Axton Kincaid "Silver Dollars" (Free Dirt)
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper "You Don't Have To Like Them Both" (Red Beet)
Sarah Borges "Do It For Free" (EP) (Sugar Hill)
Anita Carter "Songbird" (Omni)
Mickey Clarke "Winding Highway" (Ear-X-Tacy)
Mike Marshall "Mike Marshall's Big Trio" (Adventure Music)
Michael Martin Murphey "Buckaroo Blue Grass" (Rural Rhythm)
Willie Nelson "Naked Willie" (Sony-BMG-Legacy)
Jimmy C. Newman "The Original Cry, Cry, Darling" (Jasmine)
Eva Scow & Dusty Brough "Sharon By The Sea" (Adventure Music)
Randy Weeks "Going My Way" (Certifiable Records)
Hick Music Reviews - January-February, 2009
Trace Adkins "X" (Capitol-Nashville)
Dierks Bentley "Feel That Fire" (Capitol-Nashville)
Brigitte DeMeyer "Red River Flower" (Brigitte DeMeyer Music)
Steve Martin "The Crow: New Songs For The 5-String Banjo" (40 Productions)
Missy Raines & The New Hip "Inside Out" (Compass)
Blake Shelton "Startin' Fires" (Warner Brothers)
Bob Wills "The Tiffany Transcriptions" (Collector's Choice)
Various Artists "DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE AND HILLBILLY MUSIC" (series) (Bear Family)
Hick Music Reviews - December, 2008
The Bouchards "High Water Line" (Double Dice)
Grayson Capps & The Stumpknockers "Rott'n'Roll" (Hyena Records)
Rodney Crowell "Sex & Gasoline" (Yep Roc)
Charlie Haden "Ramblin' Boy" (Decca)
Taylor Swift "Fearless" (Big Machine)
Hank Williams "The Unreleased Recordings" (Time-Life)
Skeets Yaney "Train Track Shuffle" (Binge Discs)
Jeanette Williams "Thank You For Caring" (Blue Circle)
Neil Young "Sugar Mountain -- Live At Canterbury House: 1968" (Reprise)
PLUS: Holiday Records!
Asleep At The Wheel "Santa Loves To Boogie" (Bismeaux)
Alison Brown "Evergreen" (Compass)
Mary Chapin Carpenter "Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs Of Christmas" (Rounder-Zoe)
Faith Hill "Joy To The World" (Warner Brothers)
Mindy Smith "My Holiday" (Vanguard)
George Strait "Classic Christmas" (MCA-Nashville)
Hick Music Reviews - November, 2008
Johnny Cash "...At Folsom Prison" (Box Set) (Columbia Legacy)
Johnny Cash "Johnny Cash's America" (CD/DVD set) (Columbia Legacy)
Kenny Chesney "Lucky Old Sun" (BNA)
Ry Cooder "The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology" (Rhino)
Billy Currington "Little Bit Of Everything" (Mercury-Nashville)
The Derailers "Guaranteed To Satisfy" (Palo Duro)
ESP/Easton Stagger Phillips "One For The Ditch" (Rebeltone)
Charlie Feathers "Rare And Unissued Recordings, v.1-3" (Norton)
Feufollet "Cow Island Hop" (Valcour)
Charlie Haden "Ramblin' Boy" (Decca)
Emmylou Harris "Last Date" (reissue) (Rhino Encore)
Toby Keith "That Don't Make Me A Bad Guy" (Show Dog)
Roy Orbison "The Soul Of Rock And Soul" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Brad Paisley "Play: The Guitar Album" (RCA-Nashville)
Kellie Pickler "Kellie Pickler" (BNA)
Jenny Scheinman "Jenny Scheinman" (Koch)
Lucinda Williams "Little Honey" (Lost Highway)
Lee Ann Womack "Call Me Crazy" (MCA-Nashville)
Neil Young "Sugar Mountain -- Live At Canterbury House: 1968" (Reprise)
PLUS: Holiday Records!
Asleep At The Wheel "Santa Loves To Boogie" (Bismeaux)
Alison Brown "Evergreen" (Compass)
Mary Chapin Carpenter "Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs Of Christmas" (Rounder-Zoe)
Faith Hill "Joy To The World" (Warner Brothers)
Mindy Smith "My Holiday" (Vanguard)
Hick Music Reviews - October, 2008
Cadillac Sky "Gravity's Our Enemy" (Skaggs Family)
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper "Leavin' Town" (Rounder)
The Crowe Brothers "Brothers'N'Harmony" (Rural Rhythm)
Jerry Douglas "Glide" (Koch)
Jamey Johnson "That Lonesome Song" (Mercury-Nashville)
Lonesome River Band "No Turning Back" (Rural Rhythm)
Buck Owens "Act Naturally" (box set) (Bear Family)
Buck Owens "The Warner Brothers Recordings" (Rhino Handmade)
Buck Owens "Live In Scandanavia" (Sundazed)
Ralph Stanley "Old-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo Collection" (Rebel)
Aaron Tippin "He Believed" (Cracker Barrel)
Lucinda Williams "Little Honey" (Lost Highway)
Paul Williams & The Victory Trio "What A Journey" (Rebel)
Hick Music Reviews - September, 2008
Rae Billing "Blue Black Night" (Hug Music)
Justin Earle "The Good Life" (Bloodshot)
Golden Smog "Stay Golden, Smog: The Best Of The Rykodisc Years" (Rhino)
Drew Landry "Bandry Land: Share Cropper's Whine" (Self-Released)
Patty Loveless "Sleepless Nights" (Saguaro Road)
Mark Olson & Gary Louris "Ready For The Flood" (Hacktone)
Kenny & Amanda Smith "Live And Learn" (Rebel)
Phil Vassar "Prayer Of A Common Man" (Universal South)
Jimmy Wakely "A Rainbow At Midnight" (box set) (Jasmine)
Jimmy Wayne "Do You Believe Me Now" (Big Machine)
Various Artists "OUR SIDE OF TOWN -- A 25th YEAR COLLECTION" (Red House)
Hick Music Reviews - August, 2008
Cowboy Copas "Settin' Flat On Ready (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)" (Bear Family)
Crooked Jades "Shining Darkness" (Jade Note)
Donna The Buffalo "Silverlined" (Sugar Hill)
Lefty Frizzell "Steppin' Out (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)" (Bear Family)
Donal Hinely "Blue State Boy" (Scuffletown)
Rebecca Lynn Howard "No Rules" (Saguaro Road)
James Intveld "Have Faith" (Molenaart)
Whitey Johnson "Gary Nicholson Presents... Whitey Johnson" (Palo Duro)
Micky And The Motorcars "Naive" (Smith Entertainment)
Miss Leslie "Between The Whiskey And The Wine" (Zero Label)
Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis "Two Men With The Blues" (Blue Note)
Tony Rice "Night Flyer: The Singer-Songwriter Collection" (Rounder)
Rusty Truck "Love's Changing Lanes" (Rykodisc)
Junior Sisk & Rambler's Choice "Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge" (Rebel)
Ricky Skaggs "The High Notes" (Cracker Barrel)
Jimmie Skinner "One Dead Man Ago (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)" (Bear Family)
Sugarland "Love On The Inside" (Mercury-Nashville)
Ben Weaver "The Ax In The Oak" (Bloodshot)
Hick Music Reviews - July, 2008
Jessie Baylin "Firesight" (Verve)
Mark Chesnutt "Rollin' With The Flow" (Lofton Creek)
Patsy Cline "Stop, Look and Listen (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)" (Bear Family)
Crooked Still "Still Crooked" (Signature Sound)
Drew Emmitt "Long Road" (Compass)
The Girls Of The Golden West "Home Sweet Home In Texas" (BACM)
The Grascals "Keep On Walkin' " (Rounder)
Jimmie Heap "The Wild Side Of Life" (Binge Discs)
Longview "Deep In The Mountains" (Rounder)
Patsy Montana "Rose Of Oklahoma" (Binge Discs)
Willie Nelson "Stardust" (Deluxe Edition) (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Dan Paisley & The Southern Grass "The Room Over Mine" (Rounder)
Ricky Skaggs "Best Of The Sugar Hill Years" (Sugar Hill)
The Stairwell Sisters "Get Off Your Money" (Yodel-Ay-Hee)
Dan Tyminski "Wheels" (Rounder)
Doc Watson "Best Of The Sugar Hill Years" (Sugar Hill)
Various Artists/Del McCoury "MONEYLAND" (McCoury Music)
Hick Music Reviews - May-June, 2008
Angel Band "With Roots And Wings" (Appleseed)
Robby Hecht "Late Last Night" (Self-Released)
Sierra Hull "Secrets" (Rounder)
Walter Hyatt "Some Unfinished Business, v.1" (King Tears)
The Infamous Stringdusters "The Infamous Stringdusters" (Sugar Hill)
James King "Gardens In The Sky" (Rounder)
Kathy Mattea "Coal" (2008)
Martina McBride "Live In Concert" (RCA-Nashville)
Jeb Loy Nichols "Days Are Mighty" (Compass)
Ashton Shepard "Sounds So Good" (MCA-Nashville)
South Austin Jug Band "Strange Invitation" (SAJB/self-released)
Various Artists "THE VERY BEST OF OUTLAW COUNTRY" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Hick Music Reviews - April, 2008
Hayes Carll "Trouble In Mind" (Lost Highway)
Dan Colehour "Straight To The Highway" (MCA-Nashvile)
Dime Box "Five And Dime Waltz" (Avebury Records)
Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein "2:10 Train" (Rebel)
The Gibson Brothers "Iron And Diamonds" (Sugar Hill)
Longview "Deep In The Mountain" (Rounder)
Grady Martin "Roughneck Blues: 1949-1956" (Rev-Ola)
Willie Nelson "One Hell Of A Ride" (Box Set) (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Webb Pierce "High Geared Daddy" (Bear Family)
Hank Thompson "Six Pack To Go" (Bear Family)
The Waco Brothers "Waco Express: Live & Kickin' At Schuba's Tavern" (Bloodshot)
The Wilders "Someone's Got's To Pay" (Free Dirt)
Hick Music Reviews - March, 2008
The Belleville Outfit "Wanderin' " (Self-Released)
Ray Bonneville "Goin' By Feel" (Red House)
Chatham County Line "IV" (Yep Roc)
The Gibson Brothers "Iron And Diamonds" (Sugar Hill)
Eliza Gilkyson "Your Town Tonight" (Red House)
The Gin Palace Jesters "Roadhouse Riot" (Self-Released)
The Giving Tree Band "Unified Folk Theory" (Crooked Creek)
Tim Hensley "Long Monday" (Rural Rhythm)
Caroline Herring "Lantana" (Signature Sounds)
Eddie Hill "The Hot Guitar" (Bear Family)
Jason Meadows "100% Cowboy" (Baccerstick)
Ricky Skaggs & The Whites "Salt Of The Earth" (Skaggs Family)
Gene Watson "In A Perfect World" (Shanachie)
The Waybacks "Loaded" (Compass)
Hick Music Reviews - February, 2008
Tommy Alverson "Country To The Bone" (Palo Duro)
The Band Of Heathens "The Band Of Heathens" (BOH)
Johnny Bond "Put Me To Bed" (Bear Family)
Dailey & Vincent "Dailey & Vincent" (Rounder)
Malcom Holcombe "Gamblin' House" (Echo Mountain, 2008)
The Hollyfelds "Saratoga" (Self-Released, 2008)
Monroe Crossing "Live From Silver Dollar City" (Monroe Crossing)
Ernest Tubb "Thirty Days" (Bear Family)
Carolyn Wonderland "Miss Understood" (Bismeaux)
The Wrights "The Wrights" (Alan's Country Records)
Hick Music Reviews - January, 2008
Arthur Alexander "Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter" (HackTone)
Johnny Cash "The Outtakes: Sun Studio Recordings" (Bear Family)
Johnny Cash/Various Artists "The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Buzz Cason "Hats Off To Hank" (Palo Duro)
Cowboy Troy "Black In The Saddle" (Warner Nashville)
Howard Crockett "Out Of Bounds" (Bear Family)
Andy Hall "Sound Of The Slide Guitar" (Sugar Hill)
Levon Helm "Dirt Farmer" (Vanguard)
Mars Arizona "Hello Cruel World" (Big Barn)
Bonnie Owens "Queen Of The Coast" (Bear Family)
The Frank Vignola Quintet "Kong Man" (VM)
Rhonda Vincent "Good Thing Going" (Rounder)
Hick Music Reviews - December, 2007
Benny Barnes "Poor Man's Riches" (Bear Family)
Ryan Bingham "Mescalito" (Lost Highway)
Cousin Emmy "Cousin Emmy & Her Kinfolks: 1939-1947" (Bear Family)
Jesse Dayton & Brennen Leigh "Holdin' Our Own" (Stag Records)
Bob Dylan "The Other Side Of The Mirror -- Live At Newport Folk Festival" (DVD) (Columbia Legacy)
Larry Hosford "High On Livin' " (Hoe Maid)
George Jones "She Thinks I Still Care" (box set) (Bear Family)
Chris Knight "The Trailer Tapes" (Drifter's Church)
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant "Raising Sand" (Rounder)
Red Stick Ramblers "Made In The Shade" (Sugar Hill)
Various Artists: "Opry Video Classics" (DVD)
PLUS Holiday Albums by Johnny Cash (DVDs), Richie McDonald, Pam Tillis, and more!
Hick Music Reviews - November, 2007
Suzy Bogguss "Sweet Danger" (Loyal Dutchess)
Tom Gillam "Never Look Back" (Treehouse)
Emmylou Harris "Songbird: Rare Tracks And Forgotten Gems" (box set) (Rhino)
Ryan James "Back To The Wind" (Hightail)
Mountain Heart "Road That Never Ends" (Rural Route)
Billy Joe Shaver "Storyteller: Live At The Bluebird" (Sugar Hill)
George Strait "22 More Hits" (MCA Nashville)
Porter Wagoner "The Wagonmaster" (Anti/Epitaph)
PLUS Holiday Albums by Johnny Cash (DVDs), Eileen Ivers, Lonestar, Mindy Smith, 3 Fox Drive
Hick Music Reviews - October, 2007
The Austin Lounge Lizards "The Drugs I Need" (Blue Corn)
Brooks & Dunn "Cowboy Town" (Sony-Arista)
Deana Carter "The Chain" (Vanguard)
Kellie Coffey "Walk On" (Duet Records)
James Luther Dickinson "Killers From Space" (Memphis International)
Mary Gauthier "Between Daylight And Dark" (Lost Highway)
Goose Creek Symphony "The Goose Is Loose" (Bo Records)
Merle Haggard "Bluegrass Sessions" (McCoury Music/Hag Records)
Jerry Kilgore "Loaded And Empty" (Nic-Nic Neer)
Collin Raye "Selected Hits" (Star Pointe)
Linda Thompson "Versatile Heart" (Rounder)
Porter Wagoner "The Wagonmaster" (Anti-Epitaph)
Whiskey Falls "Whiskey Falls" (Midas)
Trisha Yearwood "Greatest Hits" (MCA Nashville)
Dwight Yoakam "Dwight Sings Buck" (New West)
Hick Music Reviews - September, 2007
Bobby Bare "Lullabys, Legends And Lies" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Eric Bibb "An Evening With Eric Bibb" (MC Records)
Gene Butler "Concrete Country" (YAVV Records)
Johnny Cash/Various Artists "The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show" (DVD) (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Kane Welch Kaplin "Kane Welch Kaplin" (Compass)
Jim Lauderdale "The Bluegrass Diaries" (Yep Roc)
Carolyn Mark "Nothing Is Free" (Mint)
Joe Nichols "Real Things" (Universal South)
Bobby Osborne "Bluegrass Melodies" (Rounder)
Brad Paisley "5th Gear" (Arista)
Luke Powers "Picture Book" (Phoebe Claire)
Ray Price "The Essential Ray Price" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Charlie Sizemore "Good News" (Rounder)
Teddy Thompson "Up Front And Down Low" (Verve)
Corrine West "Second Sight" (Make Records)
Hick Music Reviews - August, 2007
Chet Atkins "The Essential Chet Atkins" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Chet Atkins & Les Paul "Chester & Lester" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Stevie Barr "Along The Crooked Road" (Arhoolie)
Shawn Camp & Billy Burnette "The Bluegrass Elvises, v.1" (American Roots)
Cherryholmes "Cherryholmes II: Black And White" (Skaggs Family)
The Derailers "Under The Influence Of Buck" (Palo Duro)
Grasstowne "The Road Headin' Home" (Pinecastle)
Jack Ingram "This Is It" (Big Machine)
Alan Jackson "16 Biggest Hits" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Waylon Jennings "Never Say Die: The Complete Final Concert" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Waylon Jennings "The Essential Waylon Jennings" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
John Jorgenson "Ultraspontane" (J2)
Rose Maddox & The Vern Williams Band "This Is Rose Maddox" (Arhoolie)
Maddox Brothers & Rose "Ugly And Slouchy" (Bear Family)
Kim Richey "Chinese Boxes" (Vanguard)
The Stanley Brothers "The Definitive Collection: 1947-1966" (Time-Life)
Taylor Swift "Taylor Swift" (Big Machine)
Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros "Diamonds In The Sun" (Palo Duro, 2007)
Hick Music Reviews - July, 2007
Robbie Fulks "Revenge!" (Yep Roc)
Merle Haggard "Working Man's Journey" (Cracker Barrel)
Robert Earl Keen "Best" (Koch)
Riders In The Sky "Public Cowboy #1" (reissue) (Rounder)
Max Stalling "Topaz City" (Blind Nello)
Josh Turner "Live At The Ryman" (Cracker Barrel)
Kelly Willis "Translated From Love" (Rykodisc)
Various Artists "PUTUMAYO PRESENTS AMERICANA" (Putumayo)
Various Artists "JUST ONE MORE" (Bloodshot)
Hick Music Reviews - June, 2007
Kathie Baillie "Love's Funny That Way" (Aspiron)
Sam Baker "Pretty World" (Sam Baker Music)
The Basement "Illicit Hugs And Playground Thugs" (Zealous)
Sarah Borges "Diamonds In The Dark" (Sugar Hill)
Cadillac Sky "Blind Man Walking" (Skaggs Family)
Elizabeth Cook "Balls" (Zealous)
Autry Inman "Great Hillbilly Classics" (Binge Discs)
Miranda Lambert "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (Sony)
Daniel Lee Martin "On My Way To You" (Chin Music)
Dwight McCall "Never Say Never Again" (Rural Rhythm)
Pam Tillis "Rhinestoned" (Stellar Cat)
Adrienne Young "Room To Grow" (Addie Belle)
Various Artists: "ANCHORED IN LOVE: A TRIBUTE TO JUNE CARTER CASH" (Dualtone)
Hick Music Reviews - May, 2007
Jason Aldean "Relentless" (Broken Bow)
Darol Anger & Mike Marshall "Woodshop" (Adventure Music)
Guy Clark "South Coast Of Texas" (Warner Brother) (reissue)
Guy Clark "Live In Austin, Texas" (New West)
Antsy McClain & The Trailer Park Troubadours "Trailercana" (DPR)
Willie Nelson "The Ghost" (Masked Weasel)
Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard/Ray Price "Last Of The Breed" (Lost Highway)
Peter Rowan & Tony Rice "Quartet" (Rounder)
Ann Savoy "If Dreams Come True" (Memphis International)
Uncle Earl "Waterloo, Tennessee" (Rounder)
Porter Wagoner "Misery Loves Company" (Masked Weasel)
Bradley Walker "Highway Of Dreams" (Rounder)
Clay Walker "Fall" (Curb)
Dale Watson "The Little Darlin' Sessions" (Koch)
Bobby Williamson "Sh-Boom! (Life Could Be A Dream)" (Bear Family)
Hick Music Reviews - April, 2007
Gary Allan "Greatest Hits" (MCA Nashville)
Axton Kincaid "Songs From The Pine Room" (Free Dirt)
David Ball "Heartaches By The Number" (Shanachie)
Johnny Cash "Ultimate Gospel" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Bucky Covington "Bucky Covington" (Lyric Street)
The Greencards "Viridian" (Dualtone)
Steve Gulley "Sounds Like Home" (Lonesome Day Records)
Doyle Lawson "More Than A Picture On The Wall" (Rounder)
Rose Maddox "A Beautiful Bouquet" (Arhoolie)
Dolly Parton "Coat Of Many Colors" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Dolly Parton "My Tennessee Mountain Home" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Dolly Parton "Jolene" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Pine Leaf Boys "Blues De Musicien" (Arhoolie)
John Prine & Mac Wiseman "Standard Songs For Average People" (Oh Boy)
Daryle Singletary "Straight From The Heart" (Shanachie)
Todd Snider "Peace, Love And Anarchy" (Oh Boy!)
Special Consensus "The Trail Of Aching Hearts" (Pinecastle)
Gina Villalobos "Miles Away" (Face West)
Various Artists: "TEXAS HOEDOWN REVISITED" (County)
Hick Music Reviews - March, 2007
David Bromberg "Try Me One More Time" (Appleseed)
Carolina Cotton "Yodeling Blonde Bombshell, v.1" (Self-Released)
The Circuit Riders "Let The Ride Begin" (Pinecastle)
Ry Cooder "My Name Is Buddy" (Nonesuch)
John Denver "The Essential John Denver" (RCA/Sony-BMG Legacy)
Val Esway "Pretend To Believe" (Staggering Siren)
Elana James "Elana James" (Snarf Records)
Hal Lone Pine & Betty Cody "On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine" (Bear Family)
Corb Lund & The Hurtin' Albertans "Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer" (Stony Plain)
Smiley Maxedon "A Hillbilly Voice Like Dynamite" (Binge Discs)
Audrey Auld Mezera "Lost Men And Angry Girls" (Restless Records)
David Serby "Another Sleepless Night" (Harbor Grove)
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby "Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Sunshine Ruby "Sweetheart Of The Big D Jamboree" (Binge Discs)
Various Artists "COUNTRY HICKS, v.1" (Bark Log)
Hick Music Reviews - January-February, 2007
Tom Anderson/Al Rogers "Two Short-Lived Hillbilly Careers" (Binge Discs)
Jack Cooke "Sittin' On Top Of The World" (Pinecastle)
Waylon Jennings "Nashville Rebel" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Norah Jones "Not Too Late" (Blue Note)
Jim Lauderdale "Bluegrass" (Yep Roc)
Willie Nelson "Songbird" (Lost Highway)
Charlie Rich "The Essential Charlie Rich" (Sony Legacy)
Kenny & Amanda Smith "Tell Someone" (Rebel)
Lucinda Williams "West" (Lost Highway)
The Best Of 2006: My Twenty Top Picks
Sam Baker "Mercy" (Bull Creek)
Johnny Cash "American V: A Hundred Highways" (Lost Highway/American)
Guy Clark "Workbench Songs" (Dualtone)
Jessi Colter "Out Of The Ashes" (Shout Factory)
The Dixie Chicks "Taking The Long Way" (Columbia)
James Hand "The Truth Will Set You Free" (Rounder)
Waylon Jennings "Nashville Rebel (Box Set)" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Laurie Lewis "The Golden West" (HighTone)
Bruce Molsky "Soon Be Time" (Compass)
Doug Moreland "Doug Moreland" (Big Hat)
Willie Nelson "You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker" (Lost Highway)
Trent Summar "Horseshoes And Hand Grenades" (Palo Duro)
Sunny Sweeney "Heartbreaker's Hall Of Fame" (Self-Released)
James Talley "Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money..." (Capitol/Cimmaron)
April Verch "Take Me Back" (Rounder)
Rhonda Vincent "All American Bluegrass Girl" (Rounder)
Dale Watson "Whiskey Or God" (Palo Duro)
The Whitetop Mountain Band "Bull Plus 10%" (Arhoolie)
Various Artists "GLORYLAND: 30 BLUEGRASS GOSPEL CLASSICS" (Time-Life)
Various Artists "THE PILGRIM: A CELEBRATION OF KRIS KRISTOFFERSON" (American Roots)
Hick Music Reviews - December, 2006
Eric Clapton & J.J. Cale "The Road To Escondido" (Universal South)
Cross Canadian Ragweed "Back To Tulsa: Live And Loud At Cain's Ballroom" (Universal South)
Drew Landry "Tailgaten Relief & Hurricane Companion EP" (Self-Released)
Chuck Maultsby And His Old Band "The Best And/Or Worst Of..." (Wagon Tracks)
Doug Moreland "Doug Moreland" (Big Hat)
Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy "Adieu False Heart" (Vanguard)
Carl Smith "Time Changes Everything -- Mister Country" (Jasmine)
Sugarland "Enjoy The Ride" (Mercury-Nashville)
Trent Summar "Horseshoes And Hand Grenades" (Palo Duro)
Keith Urban "Love, Pain, And The Whole Crazy Thing" (Capitol)
Faron Young "Young At Heart -- The Hillbilly Heart Throb" (Jasmine)
Various Artists "REDNECK CHRISTMAS" (Time-Life)
Various Artists "STILL BELIEVING IN CHRISTMAS" (Seasong)
Hick Music Reviews - November, 2006
Jimmy Buffett "Take The Weather With You" (RCA/Mailboat)
Tracy Byrd "Different Things" (Rocket Science)
Johnny Cash "At San Quentin -- Legacy Edition" (Sony Legacy)
J. D. Crowe "Lefty's Old Guitar" (Rounder)
Heartland "I Loved Her First" (Lofton Creek)
Delbert McClinton "The Definitive Delbert McClinton" (Universal/Hip-O)
Natalie MacMaster "Yours Truly" (Rounder)
Craig Morgan "Little Bit Of Life" (Broken Bow)
Joan Osborne "Pretty Little Stranger" (Vanguard)
Keith Sykes "Let It Roll" (Fat Pete)
Stoll Vaughan "Love Like A Mule" (Shadowdog)
Various Artists "REDNECK COUNTRY" (Time-Life)
Various Artists "VIVA TERLINGUA NUEVO" (Palo Duro)
Hick Music Reviews - October, 2006
Gary Bennett "Human Condition" (Landslide)
Dale Ann Bradley "Catch Tomorrow" (Compass)
Paul Burch "East To West" (Bloodshot)
Johnny Cash "American V: A Hundred Highways" (Lost Highway/American)
Mark Chesnutt "Heard It In A Love Song" (CBUJ)
Jon Christopher Davis "John Christopher Davis" (Palo Duro)
David Grisman Bluegrass Experience "DGBX" (Acoustic Disc)
David Grisman Quintet "Dawg's Groove" (Acoustic Disc)
Waylon Jennings "Sings Hank Williams" (Universal/YMC)
Blaine Larsen "Rockin' You Tonight" (BMG/BNA)
Jerry Lee Lewis "Last Man Standing: The Duets" (Shangri-La) br>
Lonesome Travelers "Lonesome Travelers" (Valley Entertainment)
Andy Statman "East Flatbush Blues" (Shefa Records)
Rafe Stefanini "Ladies Fancy" (County)
Larry Stephenson "Life Stories" (Pinecastle, 2006)
Aaron Tippin "Now & Then" (Rust Records, 2006)
Various Artists "JOHNNY CASH: ROOTS AND BRANCHES" (Universal/Hip-O, 2006)
Various Artists "THE PILGRIM: A CELEBRATION OF KRIS KRISTOFFERSON" (American Roots)
Hick Music Reviews - September, 2006
Dave Alvin "The Golden West" (Yep Roc)
Riley Baugus "Long Steel Rail" (Sugar Hill)
Chatham County Line "Speed Of The Whippoorwill" (Yep Roc)
Billy Ray Cyrus "Wanna Be Your Joe" (Universal/New Door)
Jack Ingram "Live: Wherever You Are" (Big Machine)
Waylon Jennings "Nashville Rebel" (Box Set) (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Laurie Lewis & The Right Hands "The Golden West" (HighTone)
The Mavericks "Gold" (MCA Nashville)
Bruce Molsky "Soon Be Time" (Compass)
Alecia Nugent "A Little Girl... A Big Four Lane" (Rounder)
Sunny Sweeney "Heartbreaker's Hall Of Fame" (Self-Released)
IIIrd Tyme Out "Round III At The MAC" (Chateau Music)
Bob Wills "Legends Of Country Music" (Box Set) (Sony-BMG Legacy)
The York Brothers "Long Time Gone" (Ace)
Various Artists: "HILLBILLY HOT ROD & AUTOMOBILE SONGS" (Jasmine)
Various Artists "OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC -- SONGBOOK, v.1" (Bloodshot)
Various Artists "TREATING HER WRONG" (Jasmine)
Various Artists "BLUEGRASS COUNTRY SOUL" (DVD) (Time-Life)
Hick Music Reviews - August, 2006
Bill Anderson "The Definitive Bill Anderson" (Universal)
Lynn Anderson "16 Greatest Hits" (Columbia-Legacy)
Moe Bandy "The Legend Continues..." (Sweetsong Nashville)
Rory Block "The Lady And Mr. Johnson" (Rykodisc)
(The Original) Chuck Wagon & The Wheels "The Best And/Or Worst Of..." (Wagon Tracks)
Guy Clark "Workbench Songs" (Dualtone)
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers "North Of Bakersfield" (Dionysus)
Floyd Flowers "Since You Moved Out, I Moved Her In" (CBUJ)
David Grisman & Andy Statman "New Shabbos Waltz" (Acoustic Disc)
Raul Malo "You're Only Lonely" (Sanctuary)
Ronnie Milsap "The Essential Ronnie Milsap" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
New Riders Of The Purple Sage "The Best Of..." (Columbia-Legacy)
Reckless Kelly "Reckless Kelly Was Here" (Sugar Hill)
Chris Thile "How To Grow A Woman From The Ground" (Sugar Hill)
Two Tons Of Steel "Live From Gruene Hall" (CD & DVD) (Palo Duro)
Dave Van Ronk "Going Back To Brooklyn" (HighTone)
The Whitetop Mountain Band "Bull Plus 10%" (Arhoolie)
Keith Whitley "The Hits" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Hank Williams, Jr. "That's How They Do It In Dixie: The Essential Collection" (Curb)
Hick Music Reviews - July, 2006
Jimmy Arnold "Ridin' With Ol' Mosby" (Rebel)
T Bone Burnett "20:20 -- The Essential T Bone Burnett" (DMZ/Sony-BMG Legacy)
Johnny Cash "Personal File" (Sony Legacy)
Johnny Cash "Man In Black -- Live In Denmark: 1971" (DVD) (Sony Legacy)
Crooked Jades "Worlds On Fire" (Jade Note)
Jesse Denatale "Soul Parade" (Jackpine Social Club)
The Derailers "Soldiers Of Love" (Palo Duro)
Dave Evans "Pretty Green Hills" (Rebel)
Red Foley "Sugarfoot Rag" (Bear Family)
Chris Knight "Enough Rope" (Drifter's Church)
Lee Roy Parnell "Back To The Well" (Universal South)
Reno & Smiley "Together Again" (Rebel)
Don Rigsby & Midnight Call "Hillbilly Heartache" (Rebel)
Tom Russell "Love & Fear" (HighTone)
The Sadies "In Concert, v.1" (Yep Roc)
Yard Sale "Everything's A Dollar" (Self-Released)
Various Artists "FEEL LIKE MY TIME AIN'T LONG" (Rebel)
Various Artists "WILL SING FOR FOOD" (Mercury/Little Dog)
Hick Music Reviews - June, 2006
The Bottle Rockets "Zoysia" (Bloodshot)
Sam Bush "Laps In Seven" (Sugar Hill)
Paulette Carlson "It's About Time" (Pandean)
Slaid Cleaves "Unsung" (Rounder)
John Cowan "New Tattoo" (Pinecastle)
James Luther Dickinson "Jungle Jim" (Memphis International)
The Dixie Chicks "Taking The Long Way" (Columbia)
Ray Wylie Hubbard "Snake Farm" (Universal-Sustain)
Grandpa Jones "Steppin' Out Kind" (Ace)
Allison Moorer "Getting Somewhere" (Sugar Hill)
Willie Nelson "You Don't Know Me: The Songs Of Cindy Walker" (Lost Highway)
No Speed Limit "Sweet Virginia" (Arhoolie)
Jim Van Cleve "No Apologies" (Rural Rhythm)
Vern & Ray "San Francisco: 1968" (Arhoolie)
Rhonda Vincent "All American Bluegrass Girl" (Rounder)
Various Artists "NO DEPRESSION, v.2" (Dualtone)
Various Artists "TAKE ME HOME" (Arden's Garden)
Hick Music Reviews - May, 2006
Axton Kincaid "Axton Kincaid" (EP) (Luster Music)
Sam Baker "Mercy" (Bull Creek)
Tab Benoit "Brother To The Blues" (Telarc)
Casey Dreissen "3D" (Sugar Hill)
Tompall & The Glaser Brothers "Lovin' Her Was Easier/After All These Years" (Collector's Choice)
Alan Jackson "Precious Memories" (Arista)
Tresa Jordan "Tresa Jordan" (South River Road)
Rockie Lynne "Rockie Lynne" (Universal South)
Bruce Robison "Eleven Stories" (Sustain/Universal)
The Wilders "Throw Down" (Rural Grit)
Doug & Telisha Williams "Rope Around My Heart" (No Evil)
Yonder Mountain String Band (Vanguard)
Various Artists "A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION" (New Line)
Various Artists "GLORYLAND" (Time-Life)
Various Artists "SAIL AWAY: THE SONGS OF RANDY NEWMAN" (Sugar Hill)
Various Artists "THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF" (Shanachie)
Hick Music Reviews - April, 2006
Billy Burnette "Memphis In Manhattan" (Chesky)
Shawn Camp "Fireball" (Skeeterbit)
Mike Compton & David Long "Stomp!" (Acoustic Disc)
John Corbett "John Corbett" (Fun Bone)
Radney Foster "This World We Live In" (Dualtone)
James Hand "The Truth Will Set You Free" (Rounder)
Shooter Jennings "Electric Rodeo" (Universal South)
The McGillicuddy Sisters "Hillbilly Hi-Jinx" (Lucky Ron)
Joe Nichols "The Early Years" (Aspirion)
Pinmonkey "Big Shiny Cars" (Universal/Back Porch)
John Rich "Underneath The Same Moon" (BNA)
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys "Dominos" (Rounder)
Bill Sheffield "Journal On A Shelf" (American Roots)
Rhonda Towns "I Wanna Be Loved By You" (Dawn)
Loudon Wainwright III "Loudon Wainwright III" (Collector's Choice reissue)
Loudon Wainwright III "Album II" (Collector's Choice reissue)
The Wood Brothers "Ways Not To Lose" (Blue Note)
Various Artists "HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS" (Shout Factory)
Various Artists "VOICE OF THE SPIRIT: THE GOSPEL OF THE SOUTH" (Dualtone)
Hick Music Reviews - March, 2006
Johnny & June Carter Cash "The Hits" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Rosanne Cash "Black Cadillac" (Capitol)
Dave Childers & The Modern Don Juans "Jailhouse Religion" (Little King)
Frog Holler "Haywire" (Zo Bird)
Merle Haggard "Strangers/Swinging Doors" (Capitol reissue)
Merle Haggard "I'm A Lonesome Fugitive/Branded Man" (Capitol reissue)
Merle Haggard "Sing Me Back Home/The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde" (Capitol reissue)
Merle Haggard "Mama Tried/Pride In What I Am" (Capitol reissue)
Merle Haggard "Hag/Someday We'll Look Back" (Capitol reissue)
George Jones "The Essential George Jones" (Sony-BMG Legacy)
Split Lip Rayfield "Should Have Seen It Coming" (Bloodshot)
The Statler Brothers "Gold" (Universal)
Bryan Sutton "Not Too Far From The Tree" (Sugar Hill)
Dale Watson "Whiskey Or God" (Palo Duro)
Sean Watkins "Blinders On" (Sugar Hill)
Hick Music Reviews - February, 2006
Norman & Nancy Blake "Back Home In Sulphur Springs" (Dualtone)
Carl Butler & The Webster Brothers "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" (Bear Family)
Butch Cage & Willie B. Thomas "Old Time Black Southern String Band Music" (Arhoolie)
Clothesline Revival "Long Gone" (Paleo Music)
Jessi Colter "Out Of The Ashes" (Shout Factory)
Louise Hoffsten "From Linkoping To Memphis" (Memphis International)
Pine Leaf Boys "La Musique" (Arhoolie)
Steep Canyon Rangers "One Dime At A Time" (Rebel)
Marty Stuart "Live At The Ryman" (Universal South)
Big Mama Thornton "In Europe" (Arhoolie)
Hick Music Reviews - January, 2006
Alabama "Livin,' Lovin,' Rockin,' Rollin' " (Sony-BMG Legacy)
BR549 "Dog Days" (Dualtone)
The Duhks "Your Daughters And Your Sons" (Sugarhill)
The Gibson Brothers "Red Letter Day" (Sugarhill)
Mike Marshall & Chris Thile "Live Duets" (Sugarhill)
Tom Russell "Hotwalker" (Hightone)
Todd Snider "That Was Me: 1994-1998" (Hip-O/Universal)
Marty Stuart "Live At The Ryman" (Universal South)
James Talley "Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money" (Capitol/Cimmaron)
April Verch "Take Me Back" (Rounder)
Holiday Music Reviews - Christmas, 2005
Bobby Helms/Johnny Paycheck
Reverend Horton Heat
Loretta Lynn
Ricky Skaggs & Family
3 Fox Drive
Uncle Earl
Various Artists: "TO: KATE"
Hick Music Reviews - December, 2005
Paulette Carlson
Terri Clark
Cross Canadian Ragweed
Bill Malone & Rod Moag
Marty Robbins
Gretchen Wilson
Various Artists: "HANDS ACROSS THE WATER"...
Hick Music Reviews - November, 2005
Banjo & Sullivan
Clint Black
Ronnie Bowman
Junior Brown
Cherryholmes
Billy Currington
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Highwaymen
Hot Club Of Cowtown/Whit Smith's Hot Jazz Caravan
Tommy Jarrell/Oscar Jenkins/Fred Cockerham
Little Big Town
Neal McCoy
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Psychograss
Collin Raye
3 Fox Drive
Uncle Earl
Various Artists: "ROCKABILLY LIVES"
Hick Music Reviews - October, 2005
Bill Carlisle
Bruce Cockburn
Cowboy Troy
Jerry Douglas
Eric Heatherly
Robert Earl Keen
Joe Nichols
Dolly Parton
Jon Randall
The Road Hammers
Connie Smith/Sharon White/Barbara Fairchild
Marty Stuart
Joy Lynn White
Wildfire
Various Artists "GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU"
Various Artists "SHOULD HAVE BEEN HITS"
Hick Music Reviews - September, 2005
Rodney Crowell
Honi Deaton
Val Esway
Eliza Gilkyson
Hacienda Brothers
Zona Jones
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon
Kim Lenz
Patty Loveless
Delbert McClinton
Willie Nelson
Brad Paisley
The Peasall Sisters
Wayne Scott
Ryan Shupe & The Rubber Band
Marty Stuart
Benny Thomasson
Various Artists "GREETINGS FROM GEORGIA"
Various Artists "GGREETINGS FROM TEXAS"
Hick Music Reviews - August, 2005
Carl Butler & Pearl
June Carter Cash
Ray Charles
Hank Cochran
Tommy Collins
Elizabeth Cook
Robert Gordon
Jenny Kerr
The Knitters
Loretta Lynn
Taj Mahal
Maria McKee
Jim Mills
Nickel Creek
Greg Parker
Jeannie C. Riley
Slipstream
Son Volt
Carl Story
Van Zandt
Billy Walker
Gene Watson
Dallas Wayne
The Wrights
Adrienne Young
Various Artists "GREETINGS FROM ALABAMA"
Various Artists "GREETINGS FROM OKLAHOMA"
Various Artists "Old Time Mountain Banjo"
Hick Music Reviews - July, 2005
Jeff Black
Brian Capps
Ry Cooder
The Greencards
Donal Hinely
Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys
Toby Keith
The Morells
Michelle Nixon
Old School Freight Train
Johnny Paycheck
Darrell Scott
Ralph Stanley
George Strait
Troublesome Creek String Band
Two Tons Of Steel
Tom Tall & Ginny Wright
Dwight Yoakam
Various Artists "THE DUKES OF HAZZARD SOUNDTRACK"
Hick Music Reviews - June, 2005
Tommy Alverson
Pete Anderson
Laura Cantrell
The Coal Men
The Country Gentlemen
Grey Delisle
Freddie Hart
Chris Hillman
Erika Jo
George Jones & Gene Pitney
George Jones (and very special guests!)
Jesse McReynolds & Charles Whitstein
John Prine
The Sons Of The Pioneers
Lee Ann Womack
Hick Music Reviews - May, 2005
Keith Anderson
Dierks Bentley
The Bills
The Everly Brothers
Corey Harris
Jim & Jennie And The Pinetops
Alan Laney
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
Jimmy Martin
Charlie Poole
Red Stick Ramblers
Greg Trooper
Patricia Vonne
Loudon Wainwright III
Aaron Watson
Cody Widner
Various Artists "THE APPALACHIANS"
"COUNTRY COMES TO CARNEGIE HALL"
Hick Music Reviews - April, 2005
Trace Adkins
Paul Barry & The Del Rays
Scott H. Biram
Alison Brown
Hayes Carll
Deryl Dodd
Robbie Fulks
Mary Gauthier
Billy Gilman
The Hot Club Of San Francisco
Jump 'N The Saddle Band
Miranda Lambert
D. Landry & The Dirty Cajuns
Los Super Seven
Billy Swan
Stevie Tombstone
Various Artists "GREETINGS FROM HAWAII" (Bear Family)
Hick Music Reviews - March, 2005
The Chapmans
Clifton Chenier
Kenny Chesney
Crooked Jades
Jonathan Edwards
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion
Louise Hoffsten
Ryan Holladay
Christy Lane
Blaine Larsen
Terry Melcher
Morrison-Edwards
Jamie O'Neal
Rank & File
The South Austin Jug Band
Suzy Thompson
Aaron Watson
Dulcie Younger
Hick Music Reviews - February, 2005
Big 'N' Rich
Shawn Camp
Deana Carter
John Conlee
Phil Leadbetter
Heather Myles
The Special Consensus
Travis Tritt
Wayne Warner
Chely Wright
...and more!
Hick Music Reviews - January, 2005
Lynn Anderson
Gene Autry
Jason Boland
Ray Bonneville
Neko Case
Judy Canova
Ramblin Jack Elliott
Raymond Froggatt
Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwartz
Dan Hicks
Reckless Kelly
Sonny Landreth
NRBQ
The Sadies
Ricky Skaggs
Larry Sparks
Keith Urban
Yonder Mountain String Band
Hick Music Reviews - December, 2004
Lynn Anderson
Clint Black
Elvis Costello
Kevin Fowler
Frog Holler
The Gatlin Brothers
Shooter Jennings
Buddy Miller
Ronnie Milsap
Willie Nelson
The Oak Ridge Boys
Roy Rogers
Red Simpson
Art Stamper
Foy Willing
...And a holiday section as well! Ho-Ho-Ho!!
Hick Music Reviews - November, 2004
Roy Acuff
Brooks & Dunn
Richard Buckner
Ed Burleson
George Canyon
Slaid Cleaves
The Crickets
Jimmy Dean
Eleven Hundred Springs
Pat Green
John Wesley Harding
Red Murrell
Bill Nettles
Graham Parker
Split Lip Rayfield
Ralph Stanley
The Stray Cats
Shania Twain
Hick Music Reviews - October, 2004
Mark Chesnutt
Steve Earle
Rosie Flores
The Gourds
Alan Jackson
Julie Lee
Nathan
Wille Nelson & Kimmie Rhodes
Tony Rice
Peggy Seeger
Red Simpson
Darryl Worley
Hick Music Reviews - September, 2004
Kay Adams
Allison's Sacred Harp Singers
Eric Andersen
Kenny Baker
Norman & Nancy Blake
Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper
Carolina Cotton
Dick Curless
Eliza Gilkyson
Tim McGraw
Tift Merritt
Nora O'Connor
Ronnie Reno
Jason Ringenberg
Charlie Robison
Maggie & Suzzy Roche
Geraint Watkins
Dan Zanes
Hick Music Reviews - August, 2004
The Armstrong Twins
Junior Brown
Jimmy Buffett
Burrito Deluxe
Amy Farris
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Colin Gilmore
John Dee Graham
Andy Griggs
Ray Herndon
Patterson Hood
Linda Gail Lewis
Willie Nelson
Old 97s
Waylon Payne
Norm Pikelny
Rachel Proctor
Kimmie Rhodes
Sugarland
Tres Chicas
Uncle Kracker
Ben Weaver
Hick Music Reviews - July, 2004
Terri Clark
John Conlee
Deke Dickerson
Joe Diffie
Joe Ely
Emerson Drive
Jay Farrar
The Flatlanders
Rob Ickes & Blue Highway
Kieran Kane & Kevin Welch
Blaine Larsen
Los Lobos
The Meat Purveyors
Buddy & Julie Miller
Montgomery Gentry
The Notorious Cherry Bombs
Roane County Ramblers
Todd Snider
Hick Music Reviews - June, 2004
Tom Adams & Michael Cleveland
Red Allen
Bobby Bare, Jr.
Brad And Shelley
Maggie Brown
Josh Gracin
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Jon Langford
Jim Lauderdale
The Lees
Lonestar
Charlie Louvin
John Arthur Martinez
Gurf Morlix
David Lee Murphy
Railroad Earth
Doug Sahm
The Steep Canyon Rangers
Lane Turner
Uncle Dave & The Waco Brothers
Gretchen Wilson
Hick Music Reviews - Spring, 2004
Red Allen
Asleep At The Wheel
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings
The Blasters
BR549
Marshall Chapman
Angel Dean & Sue Garner
Grey DeLisle
The Flatlanders
Michael Fracasso
Jolie Holland
Toby Keith
Raul Malo/Pat Flynn/Rob Ickes/Dave Pomeroy
John Michael Montgomery
Allison Moorer
Alecia Nugent
Old Crow Medicine Show
Dolly Parton
Dirk Powell
The Stanley Brothers
Dale Watson
Hick Music Reviews - 2003 (A-H)
Gary Allan
Danny Barnes
Big Sandy & The Fly-Rite Boys
Kate Campbell
The Charles River Valley Boys
The Chieftains/Various Artists
Guy Clark
Kevin Deal
The Dixie Chicks
Nanci Griffith
Wayne Hancock
Emmylou Harris
Hick Music Reviews - 2003 (I-N)
Mark Insley
Mike Ireland & Holler
Iron Horse
Jim & Jennie And The Pinetops
Norah Jones
Chris Knight
Jim Lauderdale & Donna The Buffalo
Shelby Lynne
Mike Marshall & Chris Thile
Delbert McClinton
James McMurtry
John Miller
Moonshine Hangover
Joe Nichols
Hick Music Reviews - 2003 (O-Z)
Red Stick Ramblers
Rick Shea & Brantley Kearns
James Allan Shelton
The Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show
Larry Sparks
Star Room Boys
Hank Thompson
Lucky Tomblin
Travis Tritt
Two High String Band
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
Townes Van Zandt
Porter Wagoner
Dale Watson
Lucinda Williams
Paul Williams & The Victory Trio
Holden Wofford
Adrienne Young
Various Artists "CAUGHT IN THE WEBB"
Various Artists "DRESSED IN BLACK"
Various Artists "KINDRED SPIRITS"
Various Artists "LIVIN', LOVIN', LOSIN' -- SONGS OF THE LOUVIN BROTHERS"
Hick Music Reviews - 2002 (A-H)
Ryan Adams
Bad Bob & His Good Friends
Kenny Baker,
Bill Parker And His Motherscratchers,
Norman Blake & Peter Oshtroushko
The Blasters
Greg Brown
Caitlin Cary
Kasey Chambers
Elizabeth Cook
Deke Dickerson
Deryl Dodd
The Drive-By Truckers
Steve Earle
Dave Gleason's Wasted Days
Andy Gorwell
The Gourds
Nanci Griffith
David Grisman/Old & In The Gray
Corey Harris
John Hartford
Hot Club of Cowtown
Hot Rize
Hick Music Reviews - 2002 (I-N)
Mark Insley
Mike Ireland & Holler
Jim & Jennie And The Pinetops
Chris Jones
George Jones
James Keelaghan
Toby Keith
Bill Kirchen
Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley
Tracy Lawrence
Kimberly M'Carver
Roger McGuinn
The Meat Purveyors
Buddy & Julie Miller
John Miller
Montgomery Gentry
Mark Newton
Joe Nichols
Hick Music Reviews - 2002 (O-Z)
Jill Olson
Porter Hall TN
Railroad Earth
Suzzy & Terry Roche
Bruce Robison
Kev Russell's Junker
Rick Shea & Brantley Kearns
James Alan Shelton
Daryle Singletary
Ralph Stanley
Star Room Boys
John Train
Porter Wagoner
Dale Watson
Dale Watson
Various Artists "CAUGHT IN THE WEBB"
Various Artists "EVANGELINE MADE"
Various Artists "TIMELESS"
Various Artists "A TRIBUTE TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF ROBERT ALTMAN'S NASHVILLE"
Hick Music Reviews - 2001
Richard Buckner
Rosie Flores
Emmylou Harris
Rex Hobart
Mark Olson & The Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers
Dolly Parton
Tom Paxton & Anne Hills
Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen
Charles Sawtelle
Shaver
Karl Shiflett & The Big Country Show
Larry Sparks
Split Lip Rayfield
Dallas Wayne
Dwight Yoakam
Various Artists "O, BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?"
Hick Music Reviews - 2000
Richard Buckner...
Rosie Flores...
Emmylou Harris...
Rex Hobart...
Mark Olson...
Dolly Parton...
Tom Paxton & Anne Hills...
(HEY, wait a minute...!! This is starting to sound awfully familiar...
Oh, crap... I seem to have deleted this year's reviews page... Oh, well.)
Hick Music Reviews - 1999
Mandy Barnett "I've Got A Right To Cry" (Sire)
Beachwood Sparks "Beachwood Sparks" (SubPop)
Big Sandy & The Fly-Rite Boys "Night Tide" (Hightone)
Norman Blake "Far Away, Down On A Georgia Farm" (Shanachie)
The Derailers "Full Western Dress" (Sire)
Stacey Earle "Dancin' With Them That Brought Me" (Gearle Records)
Robbie Fulks "The Very Best Of Robbie Fulks" (Bloodshot)
Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys "Forever Always Ends" (Bloodshot)
George Jones "Cold Hard Truth" (Asylum)
Jimmy Nations Combo "Tarheel Boogie" (Rubric)
Dolly Parton "The Grass Is Blue" (Sugar Hill)
John Prine "In Spite Of Ourselves" (Oh Boy)
Suzzy Roche "Songs From An Unmarried Housewife And Mother..." (Red House)
Josh Rouse "Home" (Rykodisc)
Savoy-Doucet Band (Arhoolie)
Various Artists "RETURN OF THE GRIEVOUS ANGEL" (Almo)
Various Artists "EXPOSED ROOTS: THE BEST ALT.COUNTRY" (K-Tel)
Various Artists "SWING WEST! (v.1-3)" (Razor & Tie)
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