Essentials
Essentials: The Top 10 Laurel Canyon albums
If anyone ever invented a time machine (unlikely, if not impossible but I can dream can’t I?) there are a lot of times and places I’d go back to but Laurel Canyon any time between 1967 […]
Year: 2021
Tracks
Rick Deitrick “Movin’ On” – Lost guitar magic, refound
Tompkins Square, the purveyor of “lost” albums as limited vinyl releases and Bandcamp (and elsewhere) digital releases have yet another beauty of a release in the form of Rick Deitrick’s ‘Coyote Canyon‘. This consists of seven […]
Videos
Video: Pokey LaFarge “Fine To Me”
Pokey LaFarge releases, ‘Fine To Me‘, an exhilarating second track from his new album, ‘In The Blossom of Their Shade‘. Ironically, for a performer who draws so much on older musical styles, LaFarge is one of […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Valerie June “The Order of Time”
Valerie June’s unique vocals have the ability to encompass a broad range of emotions, in a similar way to a musician bringing different moods to his or her chosen instrument. There is a sense of worldliness […]
Album Reviews
Dori Freeman “Ten Thousand Roses”
Assured, melodic vocals from Carolina. What is striking about Freeman’s latest release is the quality of her vocals; their clarity and versatility give this album a truly distinctive feel. Reference points to her mellifluous tones might […]