http://www.engine145.com/a-labor-of-love-rosie-flores-janis-martin-and-the-blanco-sessions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-labor-of-love-rosie-flores-janis-martin-and-the-blanco-sessions A Roots Music Publication Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.engine145.com/a-labor-of-love-rosie-flores-janis-martin-and-the-blanco-sessions/#comment-84226 Roots Watch: Looking Forward, Looking Back - Engine 145 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:33:10 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20594#comment-84226 [...] Rosie Flores’s labor of love, the preparation and release of the last, still rocking and smooth recordings from a key rockabilly queen, Janis Martin: The Blanco Sessions (Cow Island Music), recorded in Blanco, Texas in 2007, prove, as Rosie intended, that “the female Elvis” was on top of her game until the end.  The album’s no leftover; the country ballads and rocks outs alike will demand your time and repeated play. Janis relished performing, and you can always tell that. (Read the Engine 145 feature on Flores and Martin here.) [...] [...] Rosie Flores’s labor of love, the preparation and release of the last, still rocking and smooth recordings from a key rockabilly queen, Janis Martin: The Blanco Sessions (Cow Island Music), recorded in Blanco, Texas in 2007, prove, as Rosie intended, that “the female Elvis” was on top of her game until the end.  The album’s no leftover; the country ballads and rocks outs alike will demand your time and repeated play. Janis relished performing, and you can always tell that. (Read the Engine 145 feature on Flores and Martin here.) [...]

]]> http://www.engine145.com/a-labor-of-love-rosie-flores-janis-martin-and-the-blanco-sessions/#comment-50326 Juli Thanki Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:53:29 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20594#comment-50326 Thanks, CMW. Thanks, CMW.

]]> http://www.engine145.com/a-labor-of-love-rosie-flores-janis-martin-and-the-blanco-sessions/#comment-50307 CMW Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20594#comment-50307 Nice piece on a very cool project, Juli. Thank you. Nice piece on a very cool project, Juli. Thank you.

]]> http://www.engine145.com/a-labor-of-love-rosie-flores-janis-martin-and-the-blanco-sessions/#comment-50290 Janice Brooks Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:23:18 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=20594#comment-50290 Such a great album. Back in 1997 after I flipped over Dale Watson, I ordered a few albums from Hightone including Rockabilly Filly. However I knew of Janis from getting the Hard Times Ahead 45 in 1977. Such a great album. Back in 1997 after I flipped over Dale Watson, I ordered a few albums from Hightone including Rockabilly Filly. However I knew of Janis from getting the Hard Times Ahead 45 in 1977.

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