Music Highway Crossroads is the newest addition to Casey Jones Village in Jackson, TN. It is a music-themed gift shop with an extensive collection of blues, gospel, country and rockabilly CD’s, as well as T-shirts and other memorabilia. There is also a performance space where live music events are held, and the shop is just steps from the world-famous Old Country Store restaurant.
Music Highway Crossroads is the newest addition to Casey Jones Village in Jackson, TN. It is a music-themed gift shop with an extensive collection of blues, gospel, country and rockabilly CD’s, as well as T-shirts and other memorabilia. There is also a performance space where live music events are held, and the shop is just steps from the world-famous Old Country Store restaurant.
The Rev. John Wilkins performing at The Bank stage, Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale, MS, 4/14/12
The funky gospel group The Relatives brought the harmonies and showmanship of the Temptations to the world of gospel as they performed on the South By San Jose stage in South Austin during SXSW, March 17, 2012
Ugly Mike’s Records on West 12th in Little Rock is a neighborhood institution. The old building is full of hundreds of rap, blues, soul and gospel CD’s, many of them out of print, as well as old vinyl records. There is a vast selection of local Arkansas rappers, and posters from local artists adorn the walls.
The Kentucky Headhunters have made a name for themselves combining various indigenous popular music styles of North America in a unique way that somehow remains country, and their new album Dixie Lullabies continues the seamless blend of rock, country, pop, blues and soul for which they are known. Of course there are country songs, but even they have a fairly agressive edge. And there are soul songs like “Tumblin’ Roses”, teenage rock songs like “Les Paul Standard” and even contemporary Christian songs like “Just Believe.” The final tune, “Recollection Blues”, has a 1930’s jazz mood about it, complete with brushes on the drums. Dixie Lullabies is certainly not a record for country purists, but for those who are interested in the ways that country, bluegrass, blues, soul, jazz, gospel and rock are related, it is fourteen tracks of Americana heaven. Dig in!
The Kentucky Headhunters have made a name for themselves combining various indigenous popular music styles of North America in a unique way that somehow remains country, and their new album Dixie Lullabies continues the seamless blend of rock, country, pop, blues and soul for which they are known. Of course there are country songs, but even they have a fairly agressive edge. And there are soul songs like “Tumblin’ Roses”, teenage rock songs like “Les Paul Standard” and even contemporary Christian songs like “Just Believe.” The final tune, “Recollection Blues”, has a 1930’s jazz mood about it, complete with brushes on the drums. Dixie Lullabies is certainly not a record for country purists, but for those who are interested in the ways that country, bluegrass, blues, soul, jazz, gospel and rock are related, it is fourteen tracks of Americana heaven. Dig in!
The Kentucky Headhunters have made a name for themselves combining various indigenous popular music styles of North America in a unique way that somehow remains country, and their new album Dixie Lullabies continues the seamless blend of rock, country, pop, blues and soul for which they are known. Of course there are country songs, but even they have a fairly agressive edge. And there are soul songs like “Tumblin’ Roses”, teenage rock songs like “Les Paul Standard” and even contemporary Christian songs like “Just Believe.” The final tune, “Recollection Blues”, has a 1930’s jazz mood about it, complete with brushes on the drums. Dixie Lullabies is certainly not a record for country purists, but for those who are interested in the ways that country, bluegrass, blues, soul, jazz, gospel and rock are related, it is fourteen tracks of Americana heaven. Dig in!
Peggy Scott-Adams began her career in 1968, and has been a star of soul and blues for over 40 years, but she has never forgotten her gospel roots, as evidenced by her new album Back to the Roots on her own Nora Records label. This is not Ms. Adams’ first foray into gospel, as she had an earlier gospel album called God Can and He Will, and the gospel roots of her singing are evident even on her secular releases. But this new album consists of 10 classic gospel songs and new compositions, including “Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand” and Twila Paris’ “Lamb of God.” Back to the Roots may not be what fans of Peggy Scott-Adams were expecting, but, as the title says, it returns her not only to her Christian upbringing, but to the foundations on which soul and blues were built.
