Little Crispy

Crisper Roots

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Reviews of two new release country, blues, Americana, roots reggae, cajun, gospel, soul, zydeco, bluegrass etc albums by Crispin Sartwell, long-time yet wildly fresh critic and…expert on beauty.

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Abducted By Your Love: Martha Spencer and Blue Collar Gospel 18.05.2024 27:50

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of lovely new roots albums: Martha Spencer, OUT IN LA LA LAND and BLUE COLLAR GOSPEL FROM THE PEN OF RICK LANG (various artists, including Donna Ulisse, Alecia Nugent, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, Becky Buller)

Works in a Bar: BadNews Barnes and Jay Gavin 03.05.2024 24:51

Send us Fan Mail The rocking, funny blues and country of Chris BadNews Barnes, BADNEWS TRAVELS FAST (feat. Jimmy Hall, harmonica) and Jay Gavin, ROAD READY + TylerHalverson's lovely EP WESTERN AMERIJUANA (Pt. 1)

Musical Confessions: The Personal Essays of Stephanie Lambring 25.04.2024 18:15

Send us Fan Mail The shattering, beautiful album HYPOCRITE by Stephanie Lambring. What if a songwriter resolved on rigorous honesty? A bonus episode, as it were.

The Gospel of Roots: Emma Donovan and Miko Marks & the Resurrectors 20.04.2024 22:15

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of by Miko Marks, FEEL LIKE GOING HOME (reissue, "deluxe version"), and the astonishing Aboriginal Australian roots artist Emma Donovan, TIL MY SONG IS DONE

Radio Ready: Walker County and Sean Stemaly 13.04.2024 24:46

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of coming commercial acts Walker County, PAINTED PONIES and Sean Stemaly, 4 WHEEL HIGH

Lessons for Bey: Matt Koziol and Jenna Paulette 06.04.2024 20:01

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of two new albums that give you three chords and the truth: Jenna Paulette, THE GIRL I WAS and Matt Koziol, LAST OF THE OLD DOGS

The Wrong Name! Josh Langston and Kimmi Bitter 01.04.2024 21:40

Send us Fan Mail The astonishing voice of Josh Langston, Tastes Like Sin and the sweet retro of Kimmi Bitter, Old School

Really Swell Kids!: Taylor Hunnicutt and Keller Cox 23.03.2024 19:30

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of Taylor Hunnicutt, ALABAMA SOUND and Keller Cox, GOOD AGAIN, AMEN

Caravaggesque C&W: Wonder Women of Country and Armchair Boogie 17.03.2024 19:17

Send us Fan Mail On Wonder Women of Country (Kelly Willis, Melissa Carper, and Brennen Leigh) and Armchair Boogie, Hard Times & Deadlines

Liquid Riffology: Lisa Bastoni and Sean Riley & the Water 10.03.2024 16:18

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of Lisa Bastoni, ON THE WATER and Sean Riley and the Water, STONE COLD HANDS. And don't forget Sunpie Barnes! Replacement for a messed-up episode file.

Is God Blue? Talibah Safiya and and Cory Henry 02.03.2024 24:31

Send us Fan Mail Talibah Safiya, BLACK MAGIC and Cory Henry, CHURCH artsy new blues by a memphis queen and wildly traditional gospel by a master of the keyboard https://www.splicetoday.com/music/gospel-music-as-liberation Just realized that Cory Henry is features early and often in the PBS Gospel series.

Those are very beautiful roots you have there: Leslie Stevens and Omar Coleman 24.02.2024 25:27

Send us Fan Mail Crisper Roots 10: Leslie Stevens, LESLIE STEVENS and Omar Coleman, STRANGE TIMES

The New Hank is a Jewish Baronet from Bard College: Lola Kirke and Emily Ann Roberts 18.02.2024 21:01

Send us Fan Mail Enthusiastic reviews of two new EPs: Lola Kirke, COUNTRY CURIOUS and Emily Ann Roberts, CAN'T HIDE COUNTRY https://www.splicetoday.com/music/ep-ingenues-of-country-music

Rock the Scholarship: Corey Ledet Zydeco and Ellis Bullard 10.02.2024 21:40

Send us Fan Mail Great fresh readings of the archive this week: Corey Ledet Zydeco, MÉDIKAMEN and Ellis Bullard, HONKY TONK AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION Plus a little Dallas Wayne

Mellow War: The Montvales and Taylor McCall 04.02.2024 20:51

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of the Montvales, BORN STRANGERS and Taylor McCall, MELLOW WAR

Captain Toyota and the Stardust Cowboy, or else Ahmad Jamal's guitarist 27.01.2024 27:11

Send us Fan Mail Matt Mitchell Music Co, OBVIOUS EUPHORIA and Calvin Keys and Terrace Martin, THE NEAR NORTH SIDE Halfway through, I might have figured out how to pronounce 'Spokane.'

Music Styles as Permanent Possibilities: BJ the Chicago Kid and Lizzie No 23.01.2024 24:49

Send us Fan Mail BJ the Chicago Kid's delightful, early-'80s style funk and r&b on GRAVY, and Lizzie No's new roots synthesis on HALFSIES https://www.splicetoday.com/music/resounding-delightful-funk-of-the-interregnum

The Unbearable Lightness of Whiteness: Lilli Lewis and The Prairie States 18.01.2024 23:17

Send us Fan Mail Lilli Lewis, ALL IS FORGIVEN and The Prairie States, TROUBLE IS No two 'Americana' albums could be more different. That's why they go to together.

What is Roots Music? Chris O'Leary and Samory I 13.01.2024 22:09

Send us Fan Mail Crisper Roots 3: Chris O'Leary, THE HARD LINE; Samory I, STRENGTH

What is Southern Rock? Duane Betts and Grey DeLisle 10.01.2024 20:34

Send us Fan Mail Turning back to two of my favorite albums of 2023: Duane Betts' Wild and Precious Life , showing us all what 'southern rock' means. And Grey DeLisle's She's an Angel, funniest country you ever heard (also she's a great singer).

Crisper Roots 1: Theo Lawrence and Fiona Boyes 09.01.2024 18:30

Send us Fan Mail Reviews of two lovely new guitar-and-vocal albums: Theo Lawrence's Pickin' and Singin' and Fiona Boyes's Ramblified