Jon Hardy’s music sounds nothing like Sturgill Simpson’s. The latter plays finger-pickin’-good bluegrass with some country funk ladled on, while the former employs synthesizers, harmonicas, and anthemic riffs that are reminiscent of Unforgettable Fire-era U2. But both men are 36, hail from the […]
In his enthusiastic No Depression review of Jon Hardy and the Public’s first album, Make Me Like Gold, Ed Ward recognized the “weirdness” of the band’s take on Americana and their original reworking of inevitable sources like The Band, Dylan […]
It’s gotta be Americana; it’s got a flag on the cover. But…what is it? And who are these people? Jon Hardy & the Public seem to be a real band, based somewhere around St. Louis. They don’t play very often […]
