Category Archives: Music

We believe in the yeti, the sasquatch, and the bourbon genre. The latter is a curious cocktail of hillbilly, blues and jazz, mixed in a shaker with bitters and ice…

The Bourbonhours Gospel Hour

Posted on February 23, 2011 by chinaski

For an agnostically inclined website we do have an almost remarkable amount of music that is for lack of a better word gospelly. We have a ton of music from the folk/bluegrass/blues traditions that often bleeds into the realm of … Continue reading →

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Dylan Leblanc – Paupers Field

Posted on January 31, 2011 by chinaski

Spinning on the bourbonhours juke right now is Dylan Leblanc’s Paupers Field, the debut release from the 20 year old Shreveport Louisiana native. Initial reactions are very positive: the music is low and slow, the lyrics seem engaging, and the … Continue reading →

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Bourbon Playlist: One For Geoff and one for Frisco

Posted on January 29, 2011 by chinaski

We have a couple of songs to add to the bourbon playlist and there is a bit of a story associated with one. Several years ago an acquaintance of mine who was a good friend to some good friends of … Continue reading →

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Carolina Chocolate Drops Added to Bourbon Playlist

Posted on January 23, 2011 by chinaski

We’ve been listening to the Carolina Chocolate Drops Genuine Negro Jig a fair bit lately. Really digging the old-time jug-band feel and rootsy vibe of the band. Love the cover of Blu Cantrell’s Hit ‘Em Up Style. However, the song … Continue reading →

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Bourbonhours Playlist

Posted on January 16, 2011 by chinaski

Adding two more to the bourbon playlist. The first is from Abigail Washburn, an artist we first heard of (but not heard) in a No Depression issue some years back. She sounded interesting: a banjo pickin’, Bela Fleck admired, Mandarin … Continue reading →

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Adding to the Bourbonhours Playlist

Posted on January 15, 2011 by chinaski

We have a few additions to make to the bourbonhours playlist, collated over the past month or so over the Christmas season and the aftermath of New Years. Here’s what has peaked our interest since the last additions: One Fast … Continue reading →

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A Train Called America

Posted on January 13, 2011 by chinaski

Now I’m transcontinental 3000 miles from my home I’m on the California Zephyr Watching America roll by Jay Farrar – California Zephyr Tonight we’re sitting around listening to Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard’s “One Fast Move Or I’m Gone”, the … Continue reading →

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I Get a Kick Out Of You

Posted on December 12, 2010 by chinaski

Adding Frank Sinatra’s version of the Cole Porter standard I Get a Kick Out of You to the Bourbon playlist. It spun up this morning while we were taking a break from Christmas music. The song appears on Songs for … Continue reading →

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Dead Flowers

Posted on November 26, 2010 by chinaski

The random gods spun up Townes Van Zandt singing Dead Flowers tonight. The original Stones version appeared on the Julep Sessions Vol. I. I remember that I printed copies of the lyrics and brought them to the inaugural bourbonhours.com  Kentucky … Continue reading →

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11-11 – 7 minutes of listening

Posted on November 11, 2010 by chinaski

The best “war song” that I can think of is Eric Bogle’s And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda, a terrible and emotional rendering in words and music the experience of an Australian soldier at Gallipoli in WWI. When we think … Continue reading →

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