Amelia White – Love I SworeAll Eyes Media Guy Clark once said that it’s not so much about the lyrics, but the place they take you. Love I Swore pleasantly manages to tickle my imagination with fresh crops of verbiage and then transport me to places didn’t know I needed to be. That’s the real […]
Andrew Bryant – ProdigalSentimental Noises Review by Chris Armes Backed by Memphis music greats Will Sexton (Waylon Jennings), Rick Steff (Lucero, Cat Power, Hank Williams Jr.), Alex Greene (Reigning Sound), Jim Spake (Al Green, Levon Helm, Jerry Lee Lewis), Mark Edgar Stuart and Will McCarley, with Bruce Watson (Fat Possum Records) producing and mixing the […]
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Paige Lewis – Under the Texas Sky (Word Records) Although this is Paige Lewis’ first country album, she’s no stranger to the twists, turns, and whirls that come with the music business. Having piled up songs in major films, songwriting awards, industry accolades, and appearances on TV shows, Paige, like many artists, found that something […]
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Casey Neill & The Norway Rats – Sending Up Flares (Fluff and Gravy Records) Perhaps what I dig most about Sending Up Flares is its seductively contemplative nature as a whole. If we can just close our eyes, turn off the media feed, and listen, the right music arises from the ether to greet us […]
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Smith/McKay All Day — On the Smile Side (Independent Release) Jimmy Smith (vocals, bass & drums) made his bones co-fronting The Gourds, a whimsical Austin-based Americana act. Logging hundreds of shows and hundreds of thousands of miles, The Gourds built an absolutely rabid underground following across the US and Europe. Their work earned the band a […]
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Old Pup — Incognito Lounge (Hear Here Records) Old Pup hails and blazes the trails of Psych Folk straight from the bleeding beating heart of America via Milwaukee. Drawing on influence from great American poets like Jim Harrison and Denis Johnson, Incognito Lounge gets the nails dirty quickly, pulling up healthy and strong musical roots with […]
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Andy Zipf — How to Make a Paper Airplane I think one of the lost arts in much of the current music landscape is subtlety. Thankfully, Andy Zipf, a songwriter based out of Jacksonville was thoughtful enough to secure the help of the best sublists around when taking on the album How to Make a Paper […]
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Sue Foley — Pinky’s Blues (Stony Plain Records) If you’re into the blues and Central Texas BBQ like me, Sue Foley’s latest offering Pinky’s Blues is a hot set of Texas ribs comin’ right out of the burner and on to your plate smokin’, ready to devour. Produced by Mike Flanigan smack dab in the […]
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Joshua Ray Walker — See You Next Time (State Fair Records) Joshua Ray Walker is no wannabe country. A working musician since the age of 13, Walker first began honing his lyrical talents after the death of his beloved grandfather. He’s been hitting the touring circuit hard for years and slowly honing his craft, surrounding himself […]
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Dori Freeman — Ten Thousand RosesCalabro Music Media (CMM) I remember first hearing Dori Freeman’s true and haunting chant through the headphones while pushing a broom as a custodian in a Baptist church on the outskirts of Nashville. That voice at that time was the only friend I had and it’s been bouncing around in […]
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