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of Hank the artist than has ever been presented before. This is nothing less than an essential set for fans of real, honest to God country music. Amazing. Highly recommended.


-Michael Buffalo Smith


Bonnie Bishop The Walk (Thirty Tigers) The first time I’d ever


heard the name Bonnie Bishop was a couple of years ago. I was in the North East for a visit with my buddy Craig Stevens,


and we made our way over to the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia for Paul Thorn concert. Paul’s opening act was Bonnie Bishop. Backstage, Craig and I were introduced to her by Paul. I found her to not only be a gorgeous lady, but also as sweet and kind as one could hope for. Later that evening, I experienced the vocal power of Bishop. She blew our collective minds with a beautiful tone and soul-soaked chops. She made a lifetime fan of me in 45 minutes. On her latest album, The Walk, Bonnie


displays her uncanny ability to make any style of music her own. I mean, I have heard her belt out the blues like nobody’s business, R&B as well. This time out, she has crafted a wonderful album filled with laid back, easy going tunes that run from the radio ready lead off track, “Love Revolu- tion,” to the smooth groove of “Keep On Movin,’” a song that reminded me of the Tedeschi Trucks band. Fact is, Bishop often sounds a good deal like Susan Tedeschi or Bonnie Raitt, two of the best singers in all of music. On the title track, “The Walk,” Bonnie delivers a hypnotic groove with heartfelt lyrics about trying to move on after a relationship. “Was it real or a vision all along?/Can I trust myself to know/What’s right or wrong?/Give me strength cause I’ve got to carry on.” “Every Happiness Under the Sun” has an


infectious vibe that sticks in your head, and “I Don’t Like to Be Alone” is one of the album’s finest songs. Beautiful vocal and a message that so many of us can relate to. “Women at the Well” is a powerful song. Just plain powerful.


“Ain’t it just like the devil to throw the past up in your face/Ain’t it just like the good Lord to cover you in grace.” It may well be my favorite cut on the


album. And I love them all. “Song Don’t Fail Me Now” begins with


Bonnie playing a beautiful intro on piano, and pays homage to the root of all good music, a great song.


Bonnie Bishop wrote or co-wrote every


song on the album, and all seven tunes are win- ners. As we used to say “all killer, nom filler.” Take The Walk with Bonnie Bishop. You will be glad you did.


-Michael Buffalo Smith


Luke Haines & Peter Buck Beat Poetry for Survivalists (Omnivore) R.E.M. guitar slinger


Peter Buck is back, team- ing up with British rocker Luke Haines of the band


the Auteurs, and the results are pretty damned great. The album, set for release on March 6, came about quite by accident. Haines is a painter, specializing in paintings of Lou Reed. Pete Buck happened across one of the art works, liked what he saw, and paid the asking price of 99 pounds. The two artists had never met before, but after chatting, they decided that fate had brought them together, and they needed to get together and write some new songs, which they set about doing.


The subject matter for the songs runs the


gamut, from a tune about and occultist/rocket scientist (“Jack Parsons”); one about Sasquatch (“Last of the Legendary Bigfoot Hunters”) and a song about a post-apocalyptic radio station that only plays Donovan records. Often, the vocal is reminiscent of the


aforementioned Lou Reed, but the album is to- tally original. This is true rock and roll art. The type of songs you’d expect from Col. Bruce Hampton, Captain Beefheart or Frank Zappa. It’s totally fresh and new. Just what the music scene


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