written by Gillian Welch
recorded by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings

https://youtu.be/DH-1PxFjBlM


There are some songs that will never sound right coming from a man, because of the lyrics. It's not that a man couldn't sing them well enough. It's just that the lyrics ifer that a girl is singing the song. Such is the case in this tune called 'Orphan Girl'.

This tune...

written & recorded by Jim Lauderdale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGFx__xOYg0

Some times you get a great song from the most unlikely sources... One evening, I was listening to a C.B.C. show that I hardly ever find to be interesting when the topic turned out to be Americana Music. I can't say that through out the whole show they ever defined what, exactly, Americana Music was but Jim Lauderdale came on doing "Can We Find Forgiveness" and I knew I had to check...

& recorded by the Steeldrivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ZyJ...ature=youtu.be

Of recent I have taken up an interest in a form of music called Americana. Nobody seems to accurately be able to define Americana, that I've heard, but for me its country/blues and some times gospel with a very hard edge to it and no brakes to reduce the damage on impact.
The Steeldrivers' 'That Good Corn Liquor' seems to fit this definition perfectly. Take a...