Blackjack Choir
Artist: James Talley

Blackjack Choir is ultimate expression of all that James Talley is as a songwriter and performer. Blackjack Choir, his third album for Capitol, was released in 1977 at the dawn of the Urban Cowboy hype, the beginning of the wane of the outlaws, the kicked-open door of punk, and the cocaine heights of disco. Oh yeah, and the period in which... Read More

Angel Town
Artist: Katy Moffatt

Katy Moffatt is all perfection and substance, an endearing figure in the music business whose talent is just as admirable. Sturdy and enduring, Moffatt's beauty belies the great strength of character with which she operates. Both in the studio and on-stage, Moffatt is a power to be reckoned with. Subtle and soft, she reaches out to her audience... Read More

The Evangeline Hotel
Artist: Katy Moffatt

This album has since been released with a different cover and title -- Evangeline Hotel. Be assured, it is the same album and a great one it is too. Many of the tracks were co-written with Tom Russell who produced the CD. Andy Hardin plays great parts as usual and it's all held together by some of the most open and honest-sounding vocals among... Read More

The Greatest Show on Earth
Artist: Katy Moffatt

This album has since been released with a different cover and title -- Evangeline Hotel. Be assured, it is the same album and a great one it is too. Many of the tracks were co-written with Tom Russell who produced the CD. Andy Hardin plays great parts as usual and it's all held together by some of the most open and honest-sounding vocals among... Read More

The Best of Mary McCaslin: Things We Said Today
Artist: Mary McCaslin

If Mary McCaslin's name fails to jump out at the listener as a singer/songwriter of note, it has nothing to do with the quality of her music. She made a fine series of LPs for Philo in the mid-'70s, and The Best of Mary McCaslin collects 18 songs from those efforts. Unlike a number of singer/songwriters today, McCaslin never minded offering... Read More

Katy
Artist: Katy Moffatt
At My Window
Artist: Townes Van Zandt

Steve Earle once said "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that." To make such a bold statement, Earle must have had some evidence to back him up. At My Window will suffice as some of that evidence, no doubt. Whether in sweetly tender ballads or honky... Read More

Walkin' on the Moon
Artist: Katy Moffatt

By the time Katy Moffatt had recorded this debut acoustic record for Rounder's Philo label with guitarist Andrew Hardin in 1989, she had issued two albums of trailblazing country-rock on Columbia, a handful of singles for Permian, and backup vocal gigs for everyone from Jimmy Buffett to Tanya Tucker. Away from the production slickness of Billy... Read More

Cold Dog Soup
Artist: Guy Clark

Cold Dog Soup follows Dublin Blues in its poignant observations of life, love, death, and all the states in between. Clark's voice may be a little worn, but his songwriting skills are sharper than ever here. He uses a group of musicians that revolve around longtime collaborators Verlon Thompson and Darrell Scott and the backing vocals of Emmylou... Read More