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Track Premiere: Chris J Norwood “I Need You (To Quit Breaking My Heart)”

June 17, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Taken from the upcoming album ‘I Am Not Cool‘ (out on State Fair Records on August 20th), this upbeat duet with Carrie Norwood finds the pair exchanging “Dear John” letters. It’s a sassy take on the […]

Video: Nathaniel Rateliff “Right On”

June 17, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Here is the latest utterly absorbing live performance video from Nathaniel Rateliff. Originally recorded for Rateliff’s 2013 solo album ‘Falling Faster Than You Can Run’, ‘Right On’ is a foot-tapping live masterpiece. This version was performed […]

Classic Americana Albums: The Byrds “Ballad Of Easy Rider”

June 16, 2021 Martin Johnson 8

The Byrds’ place in the pantheon of rock greats is assured given their influence on folk rock, psychedelic rock and with ‘Sweetheart Of The Rodeo’ country rock and subsequently americana. However, this very brief summary ignores […]

Avett Brothers release first song from new musical – Listen

June 16, 2021 Mark Whitfield 0

Rolling Stone have run a story about the new Avett Brothers musical, originally slated to debut in June 2020 called ‘Swept Away’ and they’ve now released a video for the title track from it which you […]

Dylan LeBlanc “Pastimes”

June 16, 2021 Jonathan Aird 0

Short collection of songs that mean something to Dylan LeBlanc – includes the “other Dylan” It has been a feature of the last year and a half that many musicians have released EPs and albums of cover […]