Listening to Jamestown Revival’s acoustic-yet-soul-grooving Young Man, you can almost imagine the notes from the ghost of a sleazy label executive: “It’s great, gang,” the executive might ooze, teeth chomping a cigar, because this imaginary scene takes place long ago. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: As album releases slow down in December, we like to catch our breath and write about albums that came out earlier in the year that we didn’t get a chance to review but we think are worthy of […]
When J.D. Wilkes sings “Well it’s Johnny Cash for Johnny Rotten / Johnny Horton for Johnny Ramone / He’s swapping out his records / For something more down home” on Cockadoodledeux, a celebration of the various iterations of his band, […]
Strand of Oaks’ In Heaven is dramatic, the songs serious and filled with anthemic hooks. Band mastermind Tim Showalter channels ’90s angst, but also reaches back to the 1980s for a little bit of chime. Strand of Oaks is singer-songwriter-guitarist […]
Christopher Paul Stelling’s Forgiving It All begins with Stelling’s voice and finger-picked guitar, and the line, “When I was just a little child / It all seemed crystal clear / when I blindly trusted all of it / Before I […]
Singer/guitarist Samantha Fish is widely known and respected within the blues rock world for her soulful vocals and fiery guitar playing, but on Faster she shifts in a pop direction, one rooted in blues rock, but a departure from her […]
The funny thing about singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe calling an album Tricks of the Trade is that there’s an implication that songwriting, Holcombe’s trade, lends itself to subterfuge, that one can fool a good song into existence the same way a […]
Ric Robertson’s cover of Jonathan Henley’s “Rolling River” captures the spirit of Robertson’s album, Carolina Child. Where the original is raw gospel, Robertson takes the tune in a number of different directions, adding speed and polish, establishing his own songwriting […]
Leftover Salmon’s Brand New Good Old Days isn’t a sarcastic title. The album is fun and hopeful, with elements of bluegrass, country, rock, and jazz organically woven together, recalling classic Grateful Dead. Their cover of the iconic Soundgarden song, “Black […]
If YouTube has taught us anything, which is debatable, it’s that there’s no shortage of dazzling instrumentalists in any genre you can imagine. Bluegrass-inspired musician Eli West is one of the talented artists you can find there, but what makes […]
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