I’m starting the new year with an independent effort by a Portland, Oregon duo Fox and Bones off their new 11-track album Better Land. The duo has a pleasant diversified approach and at times an excellent combination of harmonies mindful of […]
I’m starting the new year with an independent effort by a Portland, Oregon duo Fox and Bones off their new 11-track album Better Land. The duo has a pleasant diversified approach and at times an excellent combination of harmonies mindful of […]
Another late entry seasonal collection is the upbeat, rollicking fourth album Winterland from the Grammy Award-winning group The Okee Dokee Brothers. Alright…it’s a Christmas inspired 16-track album, but the music is solid and could be appreciated at any time. But […]
A few years ago, I wrote about another fantastic new original Christmas song and video and at that time the chances of it becoming a classic were thin. Who writes Christmas songs today that become world classics? I always enjoyed […]
Wow. What a beautiful, stunning seasonal single release and video by Kate Garibaldi who released a great album earlier in the year. On Dec 1st Katie released her full Christmas LP – Home Sweet Christmas, with 12 seasonal songs including […]
I was recently offered the opportunity to listen to two extremely interesting albums both released at the same time, yet separately, though probably as a double-album at some point — I am not certain. I’ve always thought this type of […]
Though the album cover is quite alluring this young lady is all blues but with a pounding theatrical no holds barred showcase. This is not your Uncle’s Muddy Waters or Bessie Smith. Arkansas-born Tammie Shannon’s All of Me is filled […]
A little early career Joni Mitchell penetrates your ears as Filipino-American Megan Keely begins her 7-track album Bloom – and she also has some of the subtilities of the young Cris Williamson, Buffy Saint-Marie and the late Mimi Farina. Track […]
Assessing the assiduous career of Michael Rank, one needs to be aware of the long, strange journey his career has taken, beginning in Snatches of Pink, a band that has been described as “the greatest North Carolina band of the […]
For some, it’s a little hard to go deep into the roots of Americana and the antique-sounding country-folk of Appalachia. It’s like the difference between store-bought meat and fresh kill. But if anyone enjoys the music of Dolly Parton, Emmylou […]
West Virginia’s alt-country’s dark-cabaret duo Mink’s Miracle Medicine is comprised of an authoritative, fully-fueled two-some with a dynamic singer-guitarist in Melissa Wright who along with her partner drummer-vocalist Daniel Zezeski of Pennsylvania is both engaging and assertive right out of […]
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