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Video Premiere: Swearingen & Kelli “Cold-Hearted Truth” (Live on Tom Rush’s “Rockport Sundays”)

December 3, 2024 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s a brand new version of “Cold-Hearted Truth” from duo Swearingen & Kelli, recorded for Tom Rush’s “Rockport Sundays”. With a touch of grit and excellent control of her power and volume, Jayne Kelli delivers an […]

Book Review: Kenneth Womack and Kenneth L. Campbell “Bruce Songs: The Music of Bruce Springsteen, Album-by-Album, Song-by-Song”

December 2, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, this is a hefty tome, an oversized hardback running to more than 250 pages, with something of the whiff of the academic about it – a meticulous study of Springsteen’s officially released oeuvre, to date, […]

Haley Heynderickx “Seed Of A Seed”

December 2, 2024 Tim Martin 0

An album that needs some hard listening to appreciate– but rewards it with layers of beauty and complexity. To Oregon songwriter Haley Heynderickx, “a seed represents incubation and the process of navigating the darkest, deepest parts […]

Brother Elsey Featuring SUSTO “Silver Tongue” – everything you put meaning to matters the most

December 2, 2024 Ed Donnelly 0

With support from Justin Osborne from SUSTO, Brother Elsey delivers ‘Silver Tongue’. On writing with Osborne, singer Brady Stablein said, “‘Silver Tongue’ is a song that’s a sign of the times. We wrote this song with […]

Yonder Mountain String Band “Nowhere Next”

December 2, 2024 Dean Nardi 0

What bluegrass through Yonder Mountain breaks. It was back in 1998 when Jeff Austin and Dave Johnston joined forces in Colorado under the stoner name The Bluegrassholes. That probably seemed funny at the time (actually, still […]