Chad Elliott’s Rest Heavy Tips The Scales
Read our review of Rest Heavy by Chad Elliott & The Redemptions By Rob Dickens We get a steady stream of new music for review here at Listening Through The Lens. I haven’t kept a log, but maybe one or two albums a day come in via mail, snail or electronic, and that doesn’t include EPs and singles. What this means is that we listen to a hell of a lot of good music. In the last...
Red Hot – A Tribute to Sun Studios
Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records is about to be released RED HOT: A MEMPHIS CELEBRATION OF SUN RECORDS American classics recut at Sam Phillips’ historic Memphis studios. Bobby Rush, Valerie June, Luther Dickinson, Jimbo Mathus and Amy LaVere featured. Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records is about to be released – a homegrown celebration album honoring the legacy of the tiny independent label that changed...
Ducks And Rock n Roll
Read about our music travels in Memphis with The Black Lillies & ducks I am writing this article outside my motel room on the concrete path and under the stairwell leading to the second floor. As soon as I step into our room, the Wi-Fi tends to have to rely on the two rats and wheel in the lobby, chasing the piece of stale Jack cheese. Hopefully this will avoid the bloggus interruptus of yesterday. After the brilliance of last...
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ROD PICOTT - Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows
