The funny thing about singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe calling an album Tricks of the Trade is that there’s an implication that songwriting, Holcombe’s trade, lends itself to subterfuge, that one can fool a good song into existence the same way a […]
RMHQ Top 20 Albums 2018. This end of year Top 10 Albums malarkey is proving ever more difficult…….. so far at RMHQ we have posted 279 reviews covering Americana, Country, Alt. Country, Cow Punk, Soul, Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Rock, Blues […]
North Carolina-based singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe returns with his third disc in the same number of years. These 13 cuts cut deep. They cast light on darkness and paint pictures of the downtrodden — bringing their stories out from the shadows […]
You may have noticed that the usual weekly columns have been on hiatus for a few weeks, so what better way to signal this one’s return than with a roundup of some significant releases that should be brought to our […]
It’s about time that we expand the horizons on what “Radio Friendly” means and get to know some of the artists who make that music that we hear on the radio. David Olney is a songwriter who defies categorization, which […]
Podcasting has been getting a lot of interest lately, but this is the first Radio Friendly interview highlighting a podcaster. I think that Calvin Powers of the Americana Music Show does one of the best podcasts out there. Bill Frater: Where […]
Freakwater was making “No Depression music” back before there even was an ND. And now they’re back after nearly a decade, with a stunner of a new album that’s been reminding critics why we loved them in the first place. Following that theme […]
For all the darkness in Malcolm Holcombe’s signature rasp, his newest record is a bright and shiny bluesy country rock gem. Don’t let the title, Another Black Hole, deceive you – this album’s sound is anything but. The guitar chords […]
