By Bill Bentley Dave Alvin, King of California. Downeyite Dave Alvin would be the first call if California names a new State Musician, but that would actually be short-sheeting the musician because in reality Alvin’s multi-dimensional songs cover the whole nation and then some. He may have started as a rootsy booster of all things […]
By Bill Bentley Matt Andersen, Halfway Home by Morning. When the soul starts flowing and the music starts going, there is no holding back an artist like Matt Andersen. Even though he’s a Canadian, it’s like he parked himself in the South spiritually at some point in his life and absorbed everything great about the […]
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By Bill Bentley Matt Andersen, Halfway Home by Morning. Sounding like it was recorded in a soulful sweat lodge, this is music meant to twist the heart into unique shapes and remind the world that love is a many-splendored thing. Canadian Matt Andersen has a voice that never fails to make the spirit shudder, and […]
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