Alabama, Ely, Alvins release new sounds
Alabama releases its first studio disc since 2001's "When It All Goes South" and 23rd overall. "Wasn't Through Lovin' You Yet" is the first single from the 13-song release.
Dave and Phil Alvin got together for a tribute disc to bluesman Big BilL Broonzy and toured extensively behind it. Now, they return with "Lost Tim," a 12-song collection produced by Dave Alvin and Craig Parker Adams. The set includes a cover of James Brown's "Please Please Please," Willie Dixon's "Sit Down, Baby" and Joe Turner's "Cherry Red Blues," "Wee Baby Blues" and "Feeling Happy."
Joe Ely is back with "Panhandler Rambler," his first release since 2011's "Satisfied At Last." The release features Lloyd Maines (acoustic slide guitar), Gary Nicholson (acoustic guitar) and Joel Guzman (accordions, keyboards).
More news for Joe Ely
- 05/22/24: Ely is "Driven To Drive"
- 05/07/21: The Flatlanders return with first disc in 12 years
- 08/19/15: Ely song receives premiere Thursday
- 05/08/15: It's official, Ely becomes State Musician
- 12/12/14: Ely-Ronstadt single sees light of day, 27 years later
- 10/03/11: Ely plays A Prairie Home Companion
- 11/02/10: Joe Ely gets "Satisfied at Last"
- 12/11/08: The Flatlanders plan on yet another CD
CD reviews for Joe Ely
The songwriter's prime directive is to translate personal observations and emotions into creative expressions that are more broadly universal. So what happens when a songwriter follows the inverse formula, and channels some of the most categorically omnipresent human feelings into songs that are aimed at the narrowest possible audience? The answer to that rarely considered question is all over Joe Ely's latest archive release from his own Rack 'Em label, the highly personal and ...
Over the past 14 years, Joe Ely has earned a reputation as one of the forebears of that unique branch of Americana borne from the Great State of Texas. Both individually, and as part of the super band, The Flatlanders, he's carved out a career as an essential insurgent, one who once kept company with The Clash while establishing some decidedly cool credentials of his own.
While the title might suggest otherwise, the hastily released "Love in the Midst of Mayhem" finds ...
When you hear some artists' early demos, a phrase that might come to mind is, 'Well, they had great potential.' You won't say that, though, when you hear Joe Ely's demos for his first album, and some songs that later appeared on his third album. No, with "The Lubbock Tapes: Full Circle," you hear an artist that arrived fully formed and in his prime.
You can hear Ely's struggle to graduate from talented Texan, to Nashville (star hopeful) with the downhearted ...
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