Have you watched Concert for George, the film of the memorial show held on the first anniversary of George Harrison’s death? If you have, you witnessed performances by some of popular music’s best-known acts, including Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr. But you also saw a prominently featured artist whose name likely […]
Jenna Nicholls – The Commuter This set takes a listener into the confines of Parisian cafes, New Orleans juke joints, the Tennessee hills, the plains of Texas & Oklahoma, with a detour into the Hudson Valley where Jenna’s love of vintage music is recreated originally by her own hand & intuition. There are 10 different […]
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Peter Parcek – Most of the Time Chiseled out of a modern-day blues aesthetic & from vintage juke joint dust, Peter Parcek never fails to bring lungs filled with air to his blues. The production has clarity, solid sound & Parcek’s vocals are reinforced by the excellent leads, fashioned mostly by artists from the past […]
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Cina & The Fireflites – Good Ol’ Music The band’s name isn’t spelled incorrectly; it’s Fireflites (almost missed that myself). This C&W fortification is out of the songbook of a country singer who had two names in her career. One for the more traditional country fare (Mimi Roman) & another for her tangy material (Kitty […]
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If you listen to oldies stations or are old enough to have tuned into rock radio in the late 1960s, you undoubtedly know of Strawberry Alarm Clock. The Southern California group, originally called Thee Sixpence, recorded a psychedelic pop song called “Incense and Peppermints” that became a huge hit. Its success, for which the band’s […]
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Cimarron 615 – Same Sky Coming across as a spatially rejuvenated exponent of Poco, the Eagles, Mason Proffit, Flying Burrito Brothers, & a ‘70s Epic Records country band West (“Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues,” “Six Days On the Road”). Nashville’s Cimarron 615 has those bands’ agility with their music. It’s a nice showcase of countrified […]
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Strawberry Alarm Clock – Where’s One? First – this isn’t a retrospective set, or a live album, or even a “lost” album. This is a brand-new Strawberry Alarm Clock. White hair? Sure. No hair? Yes. A pair of shades on their faces makes them look just as good now as in 1967. Back when I […]
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Margaret Glaspy I Am Both Margaret Glaspy’s latest album, I Am Both, is a master class in miscommunication. And, in this case, it’s a compliment to the songwriting. Glaspy’s characters talk past each other, seemingly make a game out of misunderstandings and, frequently, enrich each other’s lives by leaving (occasionally reappearing to shake things up […]
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The Roseline 86 Gumption The Roseline is a band from Kansas – at the heartland of America – fronted by songwriter guitar player Colin Halliburton. Their new album is 86 Gumption, ten tracks of thematic melody-based songs that blend optimistic tones with invariably painful and hard hitting observations about life, society, sobriety, mortality, stark freedom, […]
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Melbourne-based roots and Americana band FINN, piloted by brothers Mark and Luke Finn, releases their tenth long player, Control, a collection of 11 songs exploring various motifs. The band explains, “The record is about learning to live with uncertainty. The songs explore friendships, loss, faith and the quiet resilience that keeps people moving forward even […]
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