Andrew Frolish

Video: Abbie Gardner “Only All the Time”

May 27, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

As ever, watching Abbie Gardner play the Dobro is mesmerising. Greatly skilled, she makes it look effortless and she also plays with a delightful sense of joy, taking pleasure in the performance and sharing her infectious […]

Video Premiere: The HawtThorns “One Human at a Time”

May 26, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out this exclusive live performance video of ‘One Human at a Time’ from Nashville husband and wife duo The HawtThorns. On this song, Johnny HawtThorn plays engaging guitar, including a gently tuneful solo, and KP […]

Video Premiere: Edie Carey “The Veil”

May 25, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

We’re delighted to premiere the video for Edie Carey’s latest single. ‘The Veil’ features rich, warm instrumentation and production with absorbing layers that quickly draw in the listener. Carey’s tuneful vocal, heavy with emotion, flows through an […]

Video Premiere: The Damn Quails “Monsters”

May 24, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out ‘Monsters’, the brand new video from The Damn Quails, which is full of good-humoured fun. Directed by Scotty Galaxy for Riverman Productions, the irreverent video intersperses footage from the studio, with Bryon White driving […]

Video Premiere: James Combs “Until This Old Wave Rolls By”

May 23, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

With foot-stomping percussion, rhythmic humming, powerful and melodic vocal meandering and a dose of twang, James Combs delivers an engaging new song, ‘Until This Old Wave Rolls By’. It’s a song of resistance and perseverance, an […]

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

July 2, 2026 0

It is sometimes forgotten that Gram Parsons did not enjoy commercial success as a solo artist during his short life, and that it was Emmylou Harris who took his sound to a wider audience with the […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

July 2, 2026 0

It would be strange to start things off by actually introducing Lucinda Williams, so let’s begin with a justification instead: Williams has been at it since her 1979 debut Ramblin’ Woman, though she only truly broke […]

artwork for Adam Beattie album "Home Fires Burning"

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

July 2, 2026 0

The hero’s journey echoed in the experiences of an everyman. It might be an exaggeration to say there are as many types of songwriters as there are songwriters, but then again, it might not. As well […]

Articles by Andrew Frolish

Video: Abbie Gardner “Only All the Time”

Video Premiere: The HawtThorns “One Human at a Time”

Video Premiere: Edie Carey “The Veil”

Video Premiere: The Damn Quails “Monsters”

Video Premiere: James Combs “Until This Old Wave Rolls By”

Video Interview: Rodney Crowell on why “Then Again” is better late than never

Essentials: The Top 10 Lucinda Williams Ballads

Adam Beattie “Home Fires Burning”

Book Review: Amy Speace “To The Performer, The Singer–Songwriter’s Handbook”

Juana Everett “Past Lives in California”