If Heartland Rock will make a comeback, then it might look to Rodeo Ruby Love at the vanguard. This subgenre was popular in the 1970s and 1980s and appealed to the sensibilities of blue-color audiences in small-town America. The songs were the anthems …
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Annie Dressner – East Twenties EP
Annie Dressner has an adorable voice. Her music is small and quaint, but perfectly befitting the style of music she performs. While I’m somewhat inclined to say she’s for fans of Ingrid Michaelson, she certainly has a style all her own. Fans of …
Jack Klatt – Love Me Lonely
Sometimes artists try to sound like another era, but often come up short. Other, rare artists, personally embody another era. That’s what we have here with Jack Klatt, a musician who embodies an era of classic folk music… and by classic I mean …
Jason Isbell – Southeastern
At some point we need to stop talking about Jason Isbell as the “guy from the Drive-By Truckers” and just see his as his own songwriter and musician. I’ll be honest I wasn’t a huge fan of the Truckers, but I am a …
Les Enfants – Les Enfants EP – Update* band renamed EZRA VINE (link in article)
If you’ve been checking out the music I’ve found here lately (Bears of Legend, Being Buffalo, Wooly and the Mammoth) you’re seeing a common thread. These are indie pop folk bands, to one extent or another, and I’m happy to add Les Enfants …
Bears of Legend – Good morning, Motherland
I have never “sat on” an album so long. What I mean is that I just couldn’t find the words for what this remarkable band Bears of Legend and this album Good morning, Motherland have come to mean to me. It is an …
David Ramirez – The Rooster EP
A few years ago Matthew Mayfield told me to listen to David Ramirez. For some reason I must have had cotton balls or something in my ears when I gave him that first listen. I just didn’t “get” what he was doing. Then …
Nightlands – Oak Island
From the lyric “I’d like to invite you… for just a little while…” the listener of Nightlands new Oak Island feels comfortable and on a journey. There’s a fantastic layering of instruments and vocals that is harmonic, full yet light, and overall very …
Betty Harrigan – Full Circle
Betty Harrigan and CDBaby, 2013. Betty Harrigan: http://www.bettyharriganmusic.com/ Betty Harrigan has a history with Irish traditional music that involves Feis competitions, solo work, and the St. Eugene’s Ceilidh Band, among others. Harrigan has performed on radio and television, across Europe and in local sessions …
David Mayfield Parade – Good Man Down
From the first notes of “Love Will Only Break Your Heart” listeners will know this is a country album through and through. While Mayfield’s music can be, at times, some pretty amazing bluegrass, this album is for the most part “old country.” It’s …
