If you’re into the storytelling of days past, from names like Marty Robbins or Johnny Cash, combined with good musicianship, then you’ll want to pay attention to Tylor and the Train Robbers newest album, Best of the Worst Kind, set to release on April 26th. This is the band’s second studio album; their first, Gravel, […]
Full disclosure: I’ve heard of Josh Ritter many times throughout the years (his collaboration with the legendary Bob Weir on “When Will I Be Changed,” from his last album, 2017’s Gathering, caught my attention), but I haven’t actually heard much of Ritter’s catalog. When it was announced that Jason Isbell would be producing his latest […]
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Anders Osborne is an artist that is known to explore the world of blues in a variety of ways. The blues aspect of Buddha and the Blues is not quite as lowdown or overt as on Ash Wednesday Blues, but it still plays a prominent part on the album. In addition, Osborne is backed by […]
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I was familiar with Russ Tolman when he played with the 80’s band True West and became more curious with his solo work. Particularly his 1990 LP – Goodbye Joe. On it, an incredible little catchy melodic rocker called “Marla Jane” infected my ears. Since then, Russ released many LPs and 2019 finds Russ with […]
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Though this is only her debut full length, for those hip to current music trends and artists, Jade Bird has steadily been gaining buzz throughout the past 12+ months, with millions of Spotify streams (“What I Am Here For,” from her 2017 EP Something American, has almost 13 million views as of this writing) and featured spots on late night television. […]
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We’ve all heard some version of the aphorism, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” But there’s a flip side that many have found – if you make your love your life, it can become less appealing over time. Louisiana’s Chad Richard was warned of this at a young […]
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By Jeff Burger Think time machines are the stuff of science fiction? Then you probably haven’t heard the new 60-track Losing Touch with My Mind: Psychedelia in Britain 1986–1990. Like its companion, last year’s 64-track Another Splash of Colour: New Psychedelia in Britain 1980–1985, this collection will speedily carry you back to the late 1960s. The bands on the three-CD anthology—one of […]
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Anna Tivel is releasing The Question on Fluff and Gravy Records on April 19; the album was recorded mostly live at Hive studio in Eau Claire, WI, and was engineered by Brian Joseph (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens) and produced by drum-based multi-instrumentalist Shane Leonard. This album is purely amazing in its combination of stand out […]
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There is an ambiance to “Blue Sky Moon,” the opening instrumental track of Sweden’s Daniel Norgren’s first worldwide release – Wooh Dang (Superpuma Records). Recording since 2007 – Daniel is not fresh out of the gate. However, for those who remember, this music is similar in approach to a fine 70’s folk-rock-singer-songwriter Shawn Phillips. He […]
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