Southern rock with words of love, loss and heartache, done well. This is Ghost Hounds’ fifth studio album and the southern rock here has a comforting familiarity starting with the ZZ Top-like opener ‘She Runs Hot’. […]
Hannah Kaminer first came to my attention with her wonderful “Heavy on the Vine” album which I reviewed for AUK and was one of my favourites of 2024. She is in fact my favourite female solo […]
Raw prog-folk with sometimes bleak, sometimes darkly humourous words. Alex Rex is the name used by Alex Neilsen, former leader of the psych-folk outfit Trembling Bells, for his solo work. This album was written after Rex […]
One of the first tracks I encountered in my exploration of alt-country was NoahJohn’s wonderful ‘Standing On A Snake’ from the 1999 album “Tadpoles”. Here is the title track from that excellent album, which gained some […]
Laid-back West Coast americana with heartfelt words. “Wayfarer” is Dan Raza’s third album after 2011’s “Dan Raza” and 2017’s “Two”. Recorded in pandemic times between 2021 and 2023, it came after Raza had felt “burnt-out” and […]
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