Arkam 78 Col JD Wilkes "Will I See You One Day in Gods Glory Land?" LP

....this is the first full length record the Col has ever made where it is just a banjo and a harmonica and a mic....just like you might see him at a solo show somewhere out in Alabama or backwoods Kentucky, trying to make another performance on the old killing floor, trying to have a good time and make a dollar, crying under the stars...recorded in Muscle Shoals Alabama (Sheffield) by the great Jimmy Nutt at his fabulous Nutthouse, JD came in early and worked late, flailing and striking his open backed banjo, as well as his homemade fretless animal skin banjo, blowing the harmonica, screaming, pleading, whispering into the microphone until the cake was made.  Of all of his solo recordings, none feature his weapon of choice, the banjo alone, as well as the harp alone, and his voice (and a stomping Kentucky boot-heel) until this was cut....its another legendary performance from this National Treasure

National Record Store Day, Pick up the rad poster

August 12th is National Record Store Day, so pick up that vinyl you've been eyeing and put it under the needle. Katie Kat made a rad poster that you can snag for $10. Come out on August 12th to Pocket Park in Sven Points and dance with The Invisible Teardrops while we celebrate Record Store Day.

The Dismals

Punk trio from the wilderness of Cherokee Alabama, who recorded 2 songs one dark night at the Black Owl Trading Co with the production of Miles Jordan.  This band has played below the radar on the edges of society for ten years, on the cheap, in the shadows, before putting their music to wax....