Your Front Row Seat To Americana Music
This week, 62 year old soulful blues man Robert Finley released his aptly-named debut album, Age Don’t Mean A Thing, via Big Legal Mess (Fat Possum) last week; Finley, who, at age 11, used money meant to buy shoes to purchase his first guitar, recently told NPR that being able to play soul music for a living... Continue Reading →
Mississippi-bred Southern roots preservationist Jimbo Mathus has produced a mammoth amount of work—already a veteran of several bands by the early 1990s, he formed the incomparable period jazz/swing revival outfit Squirrel Nut Zippers in 1993. Since the Zippers’ demise, Mathus has seemingly flown under the radar. However, as my mama says, "truth be told", he’s been... Continue Reading →