UNC Press Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Last night as I was driving home I heard an NPR story about a new album by Loudon Wainwright III called High Wide & Handsome: A Tribute to Charlie Poole. Poole was among those early-twentieth-century musicians from Piedmont North Carolina mill villages whose hillbilly music and tunes from the textile mills helped shape what we [...]
Waldo Jaquith (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
I’ve been enjoying the music of Charlie Poole for the past six months or so, and I was surprised to discover Loudon Wainwright III’s new album, High, Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, just before I saw him perform some of the songs at The Paramount last month. If you’re an old time fan—or [...]
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... practitioners must have done (as evidenced by recordings from Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers and Charlie Poole, among others), which formed quite a contrast with the more scholarly and stately performances that were common at the time. Highwoods cut this project after a long season on the road in 1972, where they developed their trademark sound and stage persona, and it comes through...
US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... insightful review of Loudon Wainwright III’s new album, a two-CD tribute to singer and banjoist Charlie Poole called High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project, over at NPR. read full article : News Roundup: Neko Case, Death Cab For Cutie, John Fogerty, Loudon Wainwright americansongwriter.com
