When Norman Blake cut the album Home in Sulphur Springs in 1972, the man sounded old and weathered and wise. So you can imagine how he sounds on...
BACK HOME IN SULPHUR SPRINGS
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Art, Guns and Culture
The Moon was Blue
Coproduced by Bobby Bare, Jr., this comeback album is the legend’s first in 22 years. For the uninitiated, Bare, Sr. has been around long enough to...
CHERRYHOLMES
Give an ear to “No One to Sing for Me,” an acapella arrangement straight from heaven. Who says great lyrics need to have accompaniment? The other...
Simple Man
Family bands seem to have an edge—the musicianship blends in ways that must be based in the genes. That’s true of The Chapmans, three brothers and...
HONEYCOMB
It may be called Honeycomb, but there’s no sweetness in this hive. For music lovers, whether you like Country, Folk, Bluegrass—it’s a stinging...
THE WHOLE ENCHILADA
This one slipped through the cracks—hard to figure since it features keyboardist Garth Hudson of The Band and pedal-steel guitarist Sneaky Pete...
Fillmore & Western Railway
Seabiscuit is one recent movie that was filmed at the railway in Fillmore, California. But Dave Wilkinson wasn’t manning the projection at the Mann...
A Shoot-’em-up for Gamers
In November 2002, Sue Lambert (then our Circulation Manager and now our Director of Advertising) was fulfilling website orders when she came across...
En Plein Air
His painting style fit right into southern California’s plein air landscape tradition. En Plein Air is a French expression for “in the open air,”...
Frontier Army’s First Pick
Many think of the Schofield as the first of the frontier army’s top-break revolvers. In reality, the model was nothing more than an improved version...
America’s Best Train Experience
The best train ride in America runs through some of its most beautiful land and some of its richest Western history. Besides, this ride is a whole...
Journeys
If cutting a CD is your dream, let Khoury show you how. Take some homegrown talent, some proven classics from the early days of Rock ‘n’ Roll and...