Andy Davidson

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Sarah Shook and the Disarmers “Revelations”

March 28, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

River Shook finely balances What it Takes. ‘Talkin’ to Myself’ was the final track on the Sarah Shook and the Disarmers’ 2022 album ‘Nightroamer’. It was used over the opening credits for the Apple TV series […]

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Book Review: Warren Zanes “Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska”

March 20, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

When a tortured artist sat in a bedroom recording demos on a cassette tape… and came out with a lo-fi masterpiece. The epilogue to this book has Warren Zanes being contacted by Bruce Springsteen to ask […]

Various Artists “Songs Not Bombs Vol 1”

March 14, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

A generosity of spirit through the madness. “They say the skies of Lebanon are burning/ Those mighty cedars bleeding in the heat They’re showing pictures on the television/ Women and children dying in the streets” Retaliation […]

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Claudia Gibson “The Fields of Chazy”

February 27, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

Making up the ground with some really fine songs. Originally from the suburbs of New York, Claudia Gibson has a history performing in the city before and after attending music school. In past times, being signed […]

Book Review: Chris Molanphy “Old Town Road”

February 15, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

It takes Chris Molanphy just 125 pages to brilliantly chronicle the twists and turns that made Lil Nas X single ‘Old Town Road’ such a phenomenon. This book was published last November, a new addition to […]

Stamping on the passion: Why AI written PR is a bad thing for music

September 21, 2026 4

If a music writer opens ten press releases this month, they’ll spot something odd. They all sound like the same person wrote them. Not because the artists share a publicist, or because there’s a house style […]

Carla Gover and Friends “Williams Branch is Hard to Find”

September 21, 2026 0

A cycle of Appalachian folk songs from writer and activist Si Kahn, subtitled Songs for Strong Kentucky Women The subtitle for this album is “Si Kahn’s Songs for Strong Kentucky Women”. Si Kahn is one of […]

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For the Sake of the Song: Grateful Dead “High Time”