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Reviews of two new release country, blues, Americana, roots reggae, cajun, gospel, soul, zydeco, bluegrass etc albums by Crispin Sartwell, long-time yet wildly fresh critic and…expert on beauty. 

  1. Creative Outburst: On the Great Jesse Welles

    02/24/2025

    Creative Outburst: On the Great Jesse Welles

    Send us a text Jesse Welles, whose LP 'Hells Welles' I covered last year, is in an amazing patch of creativity, and has a new album, MIDDLE.

    23 min
  2. Championship Week!: the Doohickeys and Jason Eady

    01/25/2025

    Championship Week!: the Doohickeys and Jason Eady

    Send us a text Crisper Roots is back for season 2! With the Doohickeys' hilarious ALL HAT NO CATTLE and Jason Eady's lovely MISSISSIPPI, UNPLUGGED. The gutsiest country song ever recorded: I Don't Give a Damn About Football

    22 min
  3. Top Ten 2024

    12/01/2024

    Top Ten 2024

    Send us a text Last episode of Season 1. Out of 90, more or less. (1) Samory I, Strength (2) Jesse Welles, Hell's Welles (3) Fiona Boyes, Ramblified (4) Stephanie Lambring, Hypocrite (5) Jerron Paxton, Things Done Changed (6) Elizabeth King, Soul Provider (7) Leslie Stevens, eponymous (8) The Franklin County Trucking Company, The Death-Defying Adventures of (9) Wyly Bigger, Broken Telephone (10) BadNews Barnes, Bad News Travels Fast

    35 min
  4. Saddest Man in Texas (or Oxfordshire): Hudson Westbrook and Ags Connolly

    11/23/2024

    Saddest Man in Texas (or Oxfordshire): Hudson Westbrook and Ags Connolly

    Send us a text Hudson Westbrook's eponymous EP and Ags Connolly's YOUR PAL SLIM: SONGS OF JAMES HAND

    20 min
  5. Instruments of Construction: Tyler Ray Miniard and the Doohickeys

    11/19/2024

    Instruments of Construction: Tyler Ray Miniard and the Doohickeys

    Send us a text Two fine EPs: Tyler Ray Miniard, THE COUNTY LINE and the Doohickeys, CAN'T BEAT MY OLD BEATER

    19 min
  6. Singin' Songwriters: John R. Miller and Forest Sun

    11/10/2024

    Singin' Songwriters: John R. Miller and Forest Sun

    Send us a text Two good late-year albums! John R. Miller, FIRESIDE SESSIONS VOL 1 and Forest Sun, NO FINISH LINE. No it's not "I'll meet you at the bar" on "America I Love You." It's "I'll meet you at the mall."

    21 min
  7. Rodeo Literature: Tyler Halverson and Corb Lund

    11/04/2024

    Rodeo Literature: Tyler Halverson and Corb Lund

    Send us a text Two unusual 'Western' items: Tyler Halverson's WESTERN AMERIJUANA (pt 2) and Corb Lund's stunning EL VIEJO (deluxe edition)

    22 min
  8. History Lesson: Eric Bibb and Lone Justice

    10/26/2024

    History Lesson: Eric Bibb and Lone Justice

    Send us a text Bluesman Eric Bibb's beautiful IN THE REAL WORLD and the late-arriving greatest record of cowpunk, VIVA LONE JUSTICE. I meant to say, re Bibb: J.B. Lenoir.

    25 min
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Reviews of two new release country, blues, Americana, roots reggae, cajun, gospel, soul, zydeco, bluegrass etc albums by Crispin Sartwell, long-time yet wildly fresh critic and…expert on beauty. 

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  • Creator
    Little Crispy
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    46
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2025 Crisper Roots
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