Affable, if slightly uneven, soulful Americana. Six years on from his first EP, one thing is re-confirmed from the get-go on Liverpool-born Rosenblume’s long-awaited debut LP: he has one hell of a voice. On the downside, […]
A hugely successful, rewarding exploration of the outlying edges of rural blues and back porch folk. US singer-songwriter Charlie Parr’s 14th studio production, ‘Last of the Better Days Ahead’, is a rare gem of an LP, […]
A complex, painful theme handled with elegance, honesty and power. When an album centres on a single theme, one key question is whether they can sustain the listener’s interest throughout on that subject. In this case, […]
How being ‘Kings of Middle of Nowhere’ helped inspire his latest album. When the time finally comes that we can look back on the pandemic, musical historians may well note that it proved fertile terrain for […]
Pared-down, tangy East Coast Folk with a warm heart and wise head. One of the pandemic’s many effects on Americana music is there’s been a lot of introspective, person-with-acoustic-guitar-staring-out-from-their-back-porch kind of material getting published recently. After […]
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