Tracks
Calexico “Rambler” – Listen
Following up on their recent album ‘El Mirado‘ (which we really liked, read the review here), which has been described as eminently danceable (and you know how we like to dance, just not in lines….) Calexico […]
Year: 2022
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Ray LaMontagne “Trouble”
At the end of the 2010 Ben Affleck directed and starred in the movie ‘The Town’, Affleck’s character (spoiler alert) manages to flee the police, although that tragically means he has to leave behind the object […]
Album Reviews
Griffin Anthony “The Art Of Collecting”
A solid country-tinged folk album with captivating stories and compassionate messages for outsiders. It’s not easy to get a job or internship as a stagehand at the Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals, but songwriter Griffin Anthony […]
Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 65
Faces from the past. One of the pleasures of teaching is meeting students that you have taught when they’ve stopped being irritating, needy little blighters and become their own, individual human beings. That’s not to say […]
Album Reviews
Nick Cory Young “Crow Got Drunk”
A love letter to the music of the 90s that stands with the best of the decade. Young’s website tells us that he “writes and performs indie rock with a touch of twang, sounding like a cross […]