Tuskhead One Step Forward and Two Steps Back Tuskhead is songwriter musician Patrick van Zandwijk, who hails from the Netherlands and whose country (and Western) Americana style with touches of heavier blues rock and grooves is dubbed Dutchicana. Tuskhead has a new 6-song EP One Step Forward and Two Steps Back just out, that hearkens […]
Louis Emory and the Reckless Few The Siege The Siege, which is the new EP by Louis Emory and the Reckless Few, is a little bit dark and sultry and a whole lot of roots and heartland rock style in expressive, anthemic, personally relatable songs. The addition of Georgia Jones on backing vocals in the […]
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Folk-IndieBob interview Folk musician songwriter Bob Augustine is known in his home in Pittsburgh and professionally as Folk-IndieBob. In August this year, he will be counted among the performers onstage at the internationally acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland. Performing in the Cask Room at The Mash House, Folk-IndieBob will play each day from August […]
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Kyle Lacy The Record Hop New Yorker by way of Altanta musician songwriter Kyle Lacy is releasing a new album this week, The Record Hop. Before reading any further into this review, look at the cover, let it soak in. The artwork, the colors, Kyle in midair. I don’t think there’s ever been an album […]
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Dave Haynes Six Cuts Dave Haynes is a Los Angeles based blues- rock ‘n roll songwriter who has a brand 6 song EP hot off the presses, Six Cuts. This is an album about wheeling and dealing and scrapping to make it. There’s tension, struggle, and a lot of electric guitar fury – think ZZ […]
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CJ Land Storm Chaser Nashville CJ Land combines the drive of the heavier Southern rock edge of the music world with more laid back country Western style forms of expression in vulnerable ballads and reflections here on his recently Storm Chaser – Nashville album. The album was produced by Jeff Williams and features pedal steel […]
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James Deely The Nashville Sessions James Deely has just released an album of world class, first rate roots rock songs: The Nashville Sessions, with some of the best musicians around featured in his band. Right out of the gate, album opener “Try My Luck” is the one-two-three punch of Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen) on bass, […]
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Gregg Hall & The Wrecking Ball Live at First Ave Gregg Hall & The Wrecking Ball just released a new album record live at First Avenue club in Minneapolis: Live at First Ave. Settled in the musical center of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Gregg Hall and the Wrecking Ball deliver an energy and a skilled musicianship in […]
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Johnny WigWag & the Truthseekers “Heart Full of Soul” From the upper peninsula of Michigan, Johnny WigWag & the Truthseekers have released their debut album Heart Full of Soul – songs that continue the trajectory of late’s 60s psych rock disquietude and Southwestern eeriness combined together in open, relatable tunes. This band hails from the […]
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Troy Breslow The First of My Kind Country musician and songwriter Troy Brelsow recently released his album The First of My Kind via Well Water Records. The album was produced by Troy Breslow and Steven Miller at Well Water Records in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was engineered, mixed and mastered by Steven Miller. This is a […]
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