Pophistory: music, movies, history, and life.
Chimesfreedom is a big fan of the debut album from singer-songwriter Andrew Combs, Worried Man. So we are excited that his second album, All These Dreams, will be released on March 3, 2015. Below is the lead track from the upcoming album, “Rainy Day Song.” From the sound of it, we are not expecting a … Continue reading “Andrew Combs: “Rainy Day Song””
The Attic Sessions are a series of short documentaries of artists playing songs and telling stories in the Attic Lounge in the upper level of the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. Recent films have focused on singers Holly Williams, Joshua Black Wilkins, Face to Face, and one of my favorite new artists, Andrew Combs. … Continue reading “The Attic Sessions: Andrew Combs”
I do not quite get the album art on Worried Man (2012), the debut full-length CD by Andrew Combs. Is he cold? Is it supposed to be a picture of a “Worried Man”? I do not think the album cover adequately prepared me for what to expect when I heard the music. One thing I … Continue reading “Andrew Combs Need Not Be A “Worried Man” (CD Review)”
The 1976 documentary Heartworn Highways provided insight into some of the legends of alternative country like Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, and Guy Clark. Director Jim Szalapski filled the film with vignettes of the singer-songwriters in their daily lives, providing a fly-on-the wall portrait of them. It is a film for music lovers, without a … Continue reading “Heartworn Highways . . . Revisited”