What impressed me immediately about the debut album by Danielle Cormier is her first song “Walking in the Dark,” from her ten-song alt-country collection Fire & Ice. This CD has a bright, in-your-face production with a crisp separation of thundering drums […]
New Zealand has always been a hotbed, albeit quietly so, of wonderful artists who perform Americana-roots-folk/rock and country music quite expertly. The Canadian-bred New Zealand artist Tami Neilson is no exception. On her fiery, well-produced third album Sassafrass!, Tami performs in a more […]
This album comprises the fine vocals of Penni Hart and Tony Trites from Boston. Their music includes warm fiddles and harmonies and this being their sophomore album “Middle of Nowhere,” draws on beautiful melodies (and it does) and emotional lyrics […]
I am familiar with this group of musicians – 3hattrio (three hat trio) — and they are – out there. I love and respect their work. Why? Because after listening to countless proficient musicians, good showcases, competent playing and well-written […]
As usual, I come late to some releases due to the nature of the review I attempt to do. So, guilty as charged. Better late than never. But Lindsay Straw cannot be ignored. I had this CD on the backburner […]
Danielle M is actually Boston’s Danielle Miraglia – who as a solo artist has two full albums to her credit and one previous album with The Glory Junkies. I don’t usually read a lot of press releases about artists at the […]
Contained herein are several EP collections to some wonderful artists who have some interesting music but less than an album’s worth of songs. EP’s have always been good ways to get familiar with an artist’s material before committing to a […]
Coming a little late to this one but it’s not something a blues lover should miss out on. Nova Scotia’s Kim Doolittle’s “Into the Blue,” is Kim’s ninth studio album and there is much to recommend it. Of the eleven […]
From the opening guitars and as his rough-hewn vocals spill from your speakers – you have to suspect Bruce T. Carroll is probably from the Buddy Miller school of vocalizing. Nonetheless, Carroll has style. It’s poured liberally all over “When Two […]
Stuart Duncan fires off the first track of John McCutcheon’s 39th album — Ghost Light, an album with his elegant fiddle playing. Along with John and Stuart are Jon Carroll who manages the ivories, JT Brown plucks the deep bass, Pete […]
