November 2016 – Page 19

Jeff Crosby “Waking Days” (At the Helm Records, 2015)

November 7, 2016 Maurice Hope 0

Jeff Crosby though still young has just enough living under his belt to qualify as a seasoned performer, and a voice dripping in character with the songs to match. His worth as a songwriter if weighed in […]

Video: Bap Kennedy “Not A Day Goes By”

November 7, 2016 Jeremy Searle 0

Taken from his final album, The Sailor’s Revenge.

Dolly Parton “Pure & Simply” (RCA, 2016)

November 7, 2016 Rudie Hayes 0

The undisputed Queen of ‘Big Hat’ country music, now deemed cool having worked with Jack White has 42 studio albums to her name, and with this record her first No.1 in 25 years. She is so […]

Todd Snider “Eastside Bulldog” (Thirty Tigers, 2016)

November 7, 2016 Paul Kerr 0

Apparently, Todd Snider has a doppelgänger, an East Nashville musical hooligan who goes by the name of Elmo Buzz and who has three rules on playing music. 1. “Play the bones of some Fifties or Sixties-sounding […]

Americana Legend Bap Kennedy Dies

November 4, 2016 Mark Whitfield 1

A couple of days late with this sorry – such sad news. Bap played Americana One back in 2002 in Liverpool, Americana UK’s first festival, and gave a memorably awesome performance. BBC News reports: “The well-known […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

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One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]

Month: November 2016