This new configuration of seasoned musicians give a fresh take on Americana as they imbue it with bluesy melodies featuring a gothic twist. It’s usually assumed that most bands are formed first with the lyricist and […]
Trying to choose a favourite out of the almost faultless catalogue of songs Jason Isbell has put out feels like a daunting, nigh impossible, task, but it dawned on me just recently as I was enjoying […]
With their fourth album, the band mark themselves out as someone who can provide music with not only grit, but also real heart. Globally, 2020 may have been the year that felt to most like they […]
I first became enchanted by ‘A Man Needs A Maid’ when I heard a version of it on the 2007 Neil Young covers album ‘Borrowed Tunes II’. It’s a song of heartbreaking feeling as Young wrestles […]
A lively debut that offers both fun and great traditional musicianship. “I did time in Guatemala, was a king in Peru / Everywhere I went I was loving you,” sings Dust-Ups frontman Ryan Chatelain on ‘Only […]
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