Three Trailblazing Ladies of Country Music in 2016 One of my favorite colloquial sayings is, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Now that’s not exactly a pretty sight to the mind’s eye, but I don’t really think we’re supposed to …
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Album Review: Lydia Luce – The Tides
Album Review: Lydia Luce – The Tides If you like lush, calm soundscapes, Lydia Luce is the right artist for you. If you like it to have a bit of a subtle Americana softness, this album is definitely for you. I was immediately reminded …
Catching Up with Kyle Cox at the Vintage Estate in Boardman, Ohio
Catching Up with Kyle Cox at the Vintage Estate in Boardman, Ohio I’ve been a Kyle Cox fan for – we determined last week – four years now. He sent us a YouTube video of a duet that was wonderful. The next year …
Album Review: Sara Syms – Way Back Home
Sara Syms – Way Back Home – Album Review Sara Syms’ sophomore album Way Back Home is the sort of music you want to blast along midnight highway drives to both keep you awake and, if you’re like me, quench that unending thirst …
Four folk artists to make you look forward to spring
Four folk artists to make you look forward to spring Photo credit: Lori Symmonds It is, technically at least, still late winter here in the States. It’s that time when we look forward to the green sprouts of our favorite plants poking through …
Album Review: MaryLeigh Roohan – Living Alone EP
MaryLeigh Roohan – Living Alone EP Emerging from the flames of feminine fires lit by the likes of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Bonnie Raitt is the work of emerging songstress, MaryLeigh Roohan, on her latest release Living Alone. These five songs are …
Album Review: Hans Wenzel – Greyhound 77
Album Review: Hans Wenzel – Greyhound 77 Country music has a lot of interesting wrinkles that define it. Sometimes it’s just a twang or intonation, other times it’s a full song structure that makes it country. When it comes to Hans Wenzel’s country …
Album Review: Andrew Sullivan – Lost Again
Album Review: Andrew Sullivan – Lost Again Andrew Sullivan is one of my favorite songwriters that I discovered in 2015, so I was really excited to finally get to his album. I’m not going to mince words here – if you like pop …
Album Review: Earnest Lovers – Sing Sad Songs
Album Review: Earnest Lovers – Sing Sad Songs The Earnest Lovers are the best roots country band I’ve heard in several years. Picture yourself living in the heyday of electrified country music, hearing those twangy electric guitars for the first time. Smell the …
Album Review: Lonesome Heroes – Can’t Stand Still
Album Review: Lonesome Heroes – Can’t Stand Still If you listen to bands like Creedence Clearwater Revival and think “they just don’t make music like this anymore,” I’d mostly agree with you… but then I’d hand you this brilliant LP from the Lonesome …
