Adrian Dzialdowski

Artwork for American Aquarium album "The Fear of Standing Still"

American Aquarium “The Fear of Standing Still”

August 16, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 3

Visceral personal narrative and social comment in folk-rock setting. American Aquarium CDs sit next to those of the Drive by Truckers and Jason Isbell in this reviewer’s collection. Isbell and DBT stalwart Patterson Hood would doubtless […]

Artwork for Steel Saddle album "Steel Saddle".

Steel Saddle “Steel Saddle”

July 30, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 0

Canadian country rock with a strong soulful twist. Steel Saddle is a six-piece Canadian band from Montreal. On their debut album, their relatively orthodox country rock instrumentation of guitars (electric, acoustic, pedal steel), organ/piano, bass and […]

Artwork for Dave Alvin Jimmie Dale Gilmour album "Texicali"

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Texicali”

June 28, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 0

Solid collaboration from two of Americana’s finest. Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin must have two of the most distinctive voices in Americana. Of course they also both have long and distinguished careers including many solo […]

Artwork for Aaron Thomas album "Human Patterns"

Aaron Thomas “Human Patterns”

June 4, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 0

A well-crafted and engaging exploration of love, life, and loss. Aaron Thomas is an Australian singer-songwriter who is a new name to this reviewer but has been around for some time, this being his fourth album. […]

Artwork for Wesley Dean album 'Music From Crazy Hearts'

Wesley Dean “Music From Crazy Hearts”

May 9, 2024 Adrian Dzialdowski 1

Pop, rock, gospel, and country blend together in uneasy Nashville stew. Wesley Dean is the artist formerly known as Wes Carr who won Australian Idol back in 2008. He released several albums under that name and […]

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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Classic Americana Albums

Classic Americana Albums: The Long Ryders “Native Sons”

October 27, 2021 2

Following its October 1984 US release on Frontier Records, ‘Native Sons’ hit the UK in March 1985 when it was picked up and released by Demon Records’ Zippo label. Despite some success on the US college […]

Album Reviews

Martin Ruby “Jacob And The Angel”

March 23, 2022 0

Carefully crafted guitar instrumentals give a gentle respite from the world. Martin Ruby has taken something of an unexpected turn with his follow up to debut album ‘Heaven Get Behind Me‘, where that album dug into […]

Tracks

Lucille Furs “Paint Euphrosyne Blue” – Listen

January 16, 2019 0

Lucille Furs are an LA based band who….you know what ? Singer Trevor Newton Pritchett has actually provided the perfect band description himself “You might hear the Zombies for their kind of haunting and contemplative quality” […]

Articles by Adrian Dzialdowski

American Aquarium “The Fear of Standing Still”

Steel Saddle “Steel Saddle”

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore “Texicali”

Aaron Thomas “Human Patterns”

Wesley Dean “Music From Crazy Hearts”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”