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Denis Parker

REVIEW: Denis Parker “The Dance Card / Solo Kite”

March 20, 2023March 19, 2023Eric Thom0

Denis Parker — Double Album: The Dance Card / Solo Kite (Independent) You might first be taken aback by anyone releasing a double album in these fractured times. However, after sitting down to listen to one of the best folk-blues releases in a long time, one can only conclude that each record’s approach belongs under […]

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Jimmy Goodrich

REVIEW: Jimmy Goodrich “The Last Bastard”

March 20, 2023March 19, 2023Eric Thom0

Jimmy Goodrich — The Last Bastard (self-released) If you knew nothing at all about Jimmy Goodrich, you’d learn as much as you’d need to with a simple spin of his new release, The Last Bastard. You wouldn’t necessarily know that, after 20 years of applying himself to the craft of song-writing and mastering most of the instruments […]

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Derrick Procell

REVIEW: Derrick Procell “Hello Mojo!”

March 20, 2023March 18, 2023Eric Thom0

Derrick Procell — Hello Mojo! (Catfood Records) It’s not often that a vocalist stands out – instantly– in the blues category, but this one does – all the more because you’ve likely not heard of him. With his first release, Why I Choose To Sing The Blues (’16), Procell proves he’s got the right kind of friends, […]

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Barry Waldrep

REVIEW: Barry Waldrep & Friends Celebrate Tony Rice

March 7, 2022March 6, 2022Eric Thom0

Barry Waldrep & Friends Celebrate Tony Rice (Delta Grass Productions) When the world lost the bluegrass genius of Tony Rice on Christmas Day, 2020, a vast chasm in folk, country and bluegrass circles was created. As heartfelt remembrances poured in – from a widely varied audience of fans – Rice, himself, might have been surprised […]

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Norman Blake

REVIEW: Norman Blake “Day By Day”

February 14, 2022February 12, 2022Eric Thom0

Norman Blake — Day By Day (Smithsonian Folkways) During an interview to promote his 32nd release from 2015, Wood, Wire & Words, Norman Blake admitted that he was done, having suffered a TIA back in 2012. While this medical setback had impacted his singing and playing skills significantly, Blake – a lifelong musician – fought to […]

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Mac McAnally

REVIEW: Mac McAnally “Once in a Lifetime”

October 11, 2021October 10, 2021Eric Thom0

Mac McAnally — Once In A Lifetime (Mailboat Records) Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr. is also known as Mac McAnally – not that you’ve likely heard of either one of them. Such is the fate of so many of the most important people in the music business: the songwriter. Without quality songs, there really wouldn’t be much to […]

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The Steel Woods

REVIEW: The Steel Woods “All Of Your Stones”

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021Eric Thom0

The Steel Woods– All Of Your StonesThirty Tigers/The Orchard As theory has it, music critics focus on reviewing the music they love – or that does something special for them – enlisting a committment to help spread the news. Not always, however. The first time I heard The Steel Woods their groundbreaking 2017 debut, Straw In […]

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Dulcie Taylor

REVIEW: Dulcie Taylor “Rediscovered”

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021Eric Thom2

Dulcie Taylor — Rediscovered (EP)(Mesa/Bluemoon) You’ve heard, “If you’re going to do something, do it right the first time,” yet this old adage seldom applies to music. Rediscovered is an EP release which has afforded this artist an opportunity to look back on both fan and personal favorites – and re-work them differently. Dulcie Taylor was […]

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REVIEW: Megan Lacy’s “Salvation” is Like a Spring Songbird

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021Eric Thom0

What a clear and beautiful voice is heard across each of these five, largely unadorned, too-short originals. Clarity of sound – delivered fresh, like a spring songbird welcoming a rainy morning – making you wonder why this is the first time we’ve heard Megan Lacy’s voice long before this debut. Originally in a band called […]

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REVIEW: Danielia Cotton: Fighting the Good Fight with Everything She’s Got

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021Eric Thom0

Danielia Cotton is, for me, the epitome of the strong, self-made, independent woman ­– taking sh*t from no one, acutely-focused on getting where she’s going. This battle didn’t originate with A Different War as she’s been actively fighting for truth and spearheading her own personal movement for love and respect since she first giving notice […]

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