Our Longshots series returns with two of the more prolific voices working in music today — Wooden Wand’s James Jackson Toth and Giant Sand’s Howe Gelb; both of whom just saw album releases this year, Blood Oaths of the New Blues and Tucson, respectively. The artists, left to their own devices, below. __________________________________________________________________________________ James Jackson [...]

If you follow blogs, chances are you have seen, Portland, OR resident, Scout Niblett’s name popping up here and there during the past month (or, say, in advertisements — like the one to the right), and rightly so. I first heard her voice on the duet she did with Howe Gelb a little while back, [...]