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Loose Cattle – Someone’s Monster

Wednesday, November 06, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

Everyone is someone’s monster. That’s the premise of New Orleans musical duo Kimberly Kaye and Michael Cerveris, and their band Loose Cattle, on their new album. Although it could have been the theme for a Halloween release, the pair focused not on the monsters but on how people deal with them and, sadly, how society […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Indie Rock, Reviews Tagged With: Loose Cattle

Kelley Mickwee on Ramen Bowls and Her Path to Songwriting

Tuesday, November 05, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Kelley Mickwee

Austin by way of Memphis musician Kelley Mickwee talks about touring with her tour companion and shares the full circle moment behind one of the songs on her new album.

Filed Under: Americana, Interviews, Singer/Songwriter, Why It Matters Tagged With: Kelley Mickwee

Monday Morning Video – Matt Sucich

Monday, November 04, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

New York City’s Matt Sucich played some under-the-radar gigs around town earlier this year. These shows, in small clubs and generally not advertised, were lively and fun. Sucich and company clearly relished being able to play with limited pressure and expectations. If only they had captured the kinetic energy of those performances… Turns out they […]

Filed Under: Pop, Rock, Videos Tagged With: Matt Sucich

Readers’ Pick: Lone Justice – Viva Lone Justice

Friday, November 01, 2024 By Tom Osborne

Lone Justice – Viva Lone Justice (cover art)

You picked Lone Justice – Viva Lone Justice as your favorite new release for the week of October 25, 2024.

Filed Under: Readers' Pick Tagged With: Lone Justice

Elegy – a Premiere from Susan Cattaneo

Friday, November 01, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

“My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty” sings Susan Cattaneo in her latest single, but her reference to the patriotic anthem is anything but celebratory. Rather, as her song title suggests, it’s a statement about the decline of discourse and civility in America. More to the point, Cattaneo isn’t optimistic. “Once a beauty, […]

Filed Under: Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Videos Tagged With: Susan Cattaneo

Teddy and the Rough Riders – Down Home

Thursday, October 31, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

If you’ve been to Nashville recently you know the city has grown like a weed. Whether you’re in the music industry, the medical industry, or the bachelorette party industry, everyone is from somewhere else. Everyone, that is, except Teddy and the Rough Riders front men, Jack Quiggins and Ryan Jennings. They actually grew up just […]

Filed Under: Americana, Country, Reviews Tagged With: Teddy and the Rough Riders

Eric Bibb – In The Real World

Thursday, October 31, 2024 By Bill Wilcox

Happy Halloween! All right, now that’s out of the way let me say that there are different kinds of blues musicians. There are blues rockers who make their reputations with searing guitar solos and there are blues bar bands who may be great musicians but whose focus is making sure you have a good time. […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Blues, Folk, Gospel, Reviews Tagged With: Eric Bibb

Garrett Owen – Memoriam

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 By Shawn Underwood

The words “surprising” and “folk music” rarely appear together in the same sentence. There are plenty of good reasons for that. Perhaps the most common is just that people like what’s familiar. Most artists are trying, at some level, to perform music their fans like. So picking up where you left off the last time […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Reviews, Singer/Songwriter Tagged With: Garrett Owen

“Big Dreams” – a Video Premiere from Tyler-James Kelly

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Tyler-James Kelly

Tyler-James Kelly is known to many as the former singer/songwriter/guitarist for late, great Providence, Rhode Island rock band The Silks. With his debut solo release, however, Kelly takes his talent in an entirely different musical direction. Dream River hearkens back to the days of Willie and Waylon, a glorious collection of classic country songs brought […]

Filed Under: Country, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Tyler-James Kelly

Paul Kelly on Writing Songs and His “Anti-Career”

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Paul Kelly (credit Joe Brennan)

Legendary Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly talks about working as a “dish pig” and describes time spent in a rental van at the beginning and the ending of tour.

Filed Under: Interviews, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Why It Matters Tagged With: Paul Kelly

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