August 2021 – Page 18

Track Premiere: Mike Dawson & The Smokin’ Kills “Watching Hollywood Burn”

August 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

A powerful song for a powerful subject – and it’s inspired by real events. It was late fall 2017 when California was hit with it’s most destructive wildfire in history, the Thomas fire, in Ventura County. […]

Video: The Winnie Blues “Lonely Love”

August 16, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Lonely Love’ by The Winnie Blues begins with gentle, weeping piano before beautifully delicate finger-picking is introduced along with the weary voice of Cameron Potts: “It’s time for me to leave.” It’s a carefully measured opening […]

Something for the weekend: Lucinda Williams covers ZZ Top

August 13, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it for another week dear reader. A lot of new stuff out today singles-wise including a new eighties sounding song by Sam Outlaw, a new collaboration from Darlingside with The Distantly Social Orchestra, and […]

Clint’s Classic Clips: Joe Ely “Musta Notta Gotta Lotta” The Old Grey Whistle Test, 1981

August 13, 2021 Clint West 1

An early clip of Joe Ely catches him in fine form with this energetic performance for the BBC’s iconic weekly musical showcase. For this week’s clip we return to the archives of the BBC’s Old Grey […]

Joe Troop “Hermano Migrante”

August 13, 2021 Cam Fraser 0

Joe Troop releases ‘Hermano Migrante‘, a powerful protest song from his superb forthcoming album, ‘Borrowed Time‘. Recently nominated for a Grammy with Che Apalache, the string group he fronts, singer and multi-instrumentalist Joe Troop is a […]