Make no mistake: Joe Firstman is here to proselytize. Firstman, the frontman and principal songwriter for Cordovas, asks an earnest question in “Fallen Angels of Rock ’n’ Roll,” the opening track of the band’s latest album, The Rose of Aces: […]
“Summer is gone,” laments Cordovas frontman Joe Firstman on “Afraid No More,” the fourth song his band’s new LP, Destiny Hotel. Given the autumn wind and the state of the world, it feels like a profundity. But Destiny Hotel isn’t […]
That Santa Fe Channel, the second and latest album from the Nashville-based Cordovas, opens with “This Town’s a Drag,” Joe Firstman’s drawly vocal setting the project’s tone, a wry performance reminiscent of Todd Snider circa East Nashville Skyline. “Selfish Loner” […]
Maverick Festival 2018. A curation and celebration of Americana music from North America and across the water on the Albion side of the Atlantic. Five stages, 48 acts, workshops, film, and so much more. The UK’s first Americana festival, it […]
