News
Ruston Kelly releases new song “Brave” – Watch
The lovely Ruston Kelly whose last album ‘Dying Star’ was one of our records of 2018 has returned with a new song ‘Brave’ which you can watch the video for below. Dedicated to his mum, it […]
Month: April 2020
Home Life
Home Life: Doug Hoekstra
As a regular reader you may well be thinking, ‘not sure those ‘Van Life’ pieces are particularly relevant at the moment given all these musicians are holed up riding out the lockdown.’ And you would of […]
Album Reviews
Sadler Vaden “Anybody Out There?” (Dirty Mag Records / Thirty Tigers, 2020)
Sadler Vaden is best known as lead guitarist and vocalist in Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit. He said recently, “I live and breathe it. And I think I’m pretty good at it. I just love rock and […]
AmericanA to Z
AmericanA to Z – Suzanne Vega
Last week was Tom Petty and so AmericanA to Z reaches the letter U. And since Uncle Tupelo have been covered already, skips directly to V. It was that or The Upsetters, and really that was […]
Album Reviews
Waxahatchee “Saint Cloud” (Merge Records, 2020)
The fifth album from Katie Crutchfield’s Waxahatchee has been widely praised. The basis for this praise has often been her adoption of more elements of Americana and particularly her new found love for Lucinda Williams’ ‘Car […]