Sentient, hot-pulsing Americana with all desired effulgence. Follow along, pushing low-hanging branches from your path, and settle into seasoned, rural-blooded world-slices in which each wise actor makes much of his role. Recommended “Had Enough,” “DIYBYOB,” “Devil’s Day,” “Orphan Song,” “We […]
Spartan, rock-ribbed, and headlong-dashing sounds are for us all indispensable daily-world nourishment. We live life by the downbeat; it succors us in the sunlight, and charges our moonlight bacchanalia. And then, that special girl appears. The focus sharpens, chaos is […]
In these waxed grooves lies the singularly in-pocket product of a wee hours boppin’ union: Rockabilly went creepin’, swing made the scene, and dig what came of it all. 5-track EP. Recommended “Let’s Go!,” “She Needs Shoes (To Rock’n’Roll),” “Queen […]
In days when insipid, mechanized pop product seems ubiquitous, and pre-fab accouterments of ‘hard life’ can be donned or doffed according to corporate bottom-line dictates wholly unrelated to actual human being sensitivities, one treasures moments such as this; a been-there-done-that […]
Only miles-earned experience and hearty, eager submersion in diverse stylistic waters could produce this wonderfully variegated, textured confection that each moment minds its primary function: lapel-grabbing rockbilly boogie sans interregnum. Recommended “You’ll Never Get Away,” “Rock Me,” “Help Me Save My Life,” […]
Dawn doesn’t merely sing old-ways, hand-tooled, step-lively country rockabilly, she lives in these songs. She welcomes all who step ’round her porch with a bucolic easiness that encourages, ingratiates, and ultimately elates. Recommended “Mad About You,” “Shoulda Known Better,” “Don’t […]
Pivotal players from rockabilly’s 50s Southern genesis and 70s reappearance remind of the deep familial bond between real rural country and its more animated, pick-’em-up-and-put-’em-down kid cousin. Alive with a spirit unaging. Recommended “I Wanna Boogie,” “Do It If You […]
Comparisons to the Blasters are not without validity. The in-the-marrow devotion to American musics is manifest, as is the often upbeat, optimistic mien. And into the deal add enough foot-stomp, hand-clap singalong infectiousness to elevate any backwoods barn dance or […]
Sometimes, the best rockin’ embraces bouncing country heritage. Harmonies bust wide with good-time spirit, nimbly picked guitar turns heads, and rollicking rhythms hustle down the road, taking folks for a hopped up hayride under twinkling lucky stars. Recommended “All You […]
Yes, one can navigate American rural dirt backways by speeding two-door — though with dusty, winding paths blurred, hemmed by faded weeds and grasses, much uniquely regional spectacle might be missed. Or, one can wisely choose this cultural guitar jaunt, […]
