Bucky News & Reviews

BIG NEWS: Wisconsin, 2-13-63, volume 1 is out and Wisconsin, 2-13-63, volume 2 will be released in the fall of 2008.   To order volume 1 go to www.cdbaby.com   For more info, just check out the reviews below or roam this website!

OTHER IMPORTANT NEWS: Though released on December 31, 2006, the CD was selected for the TOP TEN CDS OF 2006 at WLUW Radio in Chicago. DJ Tom Jackson ranked it #6 on a list that includes Irma Thomas, Jon Langord, Anna Fermin, Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint, Chris Thomas, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Pretty good company for ol’ Bucky to be amongst! Thanks WLUW for all the support you’ve given me and other local artists over the years. This is the second time I’ve made Tom’s TOP 10 and I’m very honored. Check ‘em out at 88.7 FM.

Also, the CD made the Americana Chart in June 2007! The new CD has been getting regular airplay at several stations in the USA and Europe and that’s pushed it into the Top 100 most-played Americana CDs. Thanks for all the DJs for the heavy play!

Other good news? Check out the three CD set Folksongs of Illinois that I produdced for the Illinois Humanities Council.  The CDs are distributed by the University of Illinois Press.  The CDs have received rave reviews in regional and national media.  For info: www.press.uillinois.edu