Steve Dawson follows up his stellar 2016 release, Solid States & Loose Ends with an all instrumental outing, the excellent Lucky Hand. And the Canadian by way of Nashville keeps everything firmly rooted in Americana while setting the songs against […]
There is some damn fine pickin’ here on Steve Dawson’s latest celebration of all things greasy and low down. Dawson’s goal for this recorded outing was to put his slide work center stage, and it is a glorious spectacle of […]
Prairie singer-songwriter’s second Steve Dawson produced album, ‘I Was So Fond of You’ is a heartbreaker By Douglas Heselgrave There aren’t very many singers like Matt Patershuk around anymore. There probably weren’t very many to begin with. It’s true that, […]
Before there was Americana, before there was alt-country, there was folk music. Or, as Bill Broonzy once said, “I guess all songs are folk songs, I ain’t heard no horse sing ’em.” This week we have a treat by Jill […]
Black Hen Music founder and string-player expert, Steve stops and looks around. At what I don’t recall. I love a good head shot – don’t you?
CARLENE CARTER Carter Girl (Rounder) This the first album of new recordings this decade from Carlene, it is, in a very literal way, Carlene’s personal homage to the Carter Family legacy that both underpins so much of America’s music and […]
It had never crossed my mind that Chicago’s Dolly Varden is America’s answer to Squeeze until the release of this first solo album by frontman Steve Dawson. So many of the songs — from the opening “Temporary” through the string-laden […]
