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Rodney Crowell: Then Again
by Doug Collette
Rodney Crowell's creative output in recent years has been the work of a man coming to terms with the circumstances of life in such a way acceptance takes precedence over resignation. Thus, it only makes sense that, in the wake of Triage (New West, 2021), The Chicago Sessions (New West, 2023) and Airline Highway (New West, 2025), the former bandleader for Emmylou Harris would deign to exhume a previously-recorded but unreleased album and give it the light of ...
Continue ReadingJimmy Hall: Ready Now
by Doug Collette
Vocalist/musician/songwriter Jimmy Hall has had quite the career for himself. From his days as frontman for Dixie rockers Wet Willie-- remember “Keep On Smilin'"?--to more recently singing with guitar hero Jeff Beck, he's navigated spots on the Allman Family Revival tour as well as commanded the stage on multiple occasions with the latter-day Allman Brothers Band during their final years of annual runs at the Beacon Theater. The Alabama native has always acquitted himself with more than a ...
Continue ReadingRodney Crowell: Triage
by Doug Collette
Even if the listener isn't aware of Rodney Crowell's personal history in recent years, the veteran songwriter and recording artist may still sound a bit defensive during his metaphysical rumination that closes Triage. In the end, however, “This Body Isn't All There Is To Who I Am" is a logical, perhaps even inevitable, culmination of the reflections and observations that precede it. As such, it is a perfectly fitting conclusion to an album with a title that refers to the ...
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