“She stuck around, said to hold my ground/We went ’round, ’round, ’round,” goes the first line of “Down To You”, the bouncy two-step that kicks off Little Sue Weaver’s sophomore disc. It’s rare when an artist’s essence can be captured […]
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Old Man Motel kicks off with an old car engine starting, followed by a John Fogerty-esque chord and then a pummeling drum beat. The lead track, “Ride”, is, like many of the cuts here, a smartly structured roots-rock song performed […]
On his third effort for Cravedog Records, Fernando Viciconte took leave from the band that bears his first name to pursue a Spanish-language solo project “about the American Chicano experience”. Set in his childhood home of Pacoima, California, Fernando’s experience […]
The adjective “Appalachian” may be overused, but Portland, Oregon, singer Little Sue — a.k.a. Susannah Jean Weaver — is in fact originally from West Virginia, and she sounds, well, Appalachian. Her voice has a rawness and a slight quaver, but […]
Fernando Viciconte is a true believer. Like Hank Sr., Springsteen, David Hidalgo and his other heroes, he sees a bleak world out there but clings to the romantic notion that letting it out in the passion of song can ease […]
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