Jonathan Smith

Kat Wallace and David Sasso “Old Habits”

September 22, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0

Second release from bluegrass duo which hints of even better to come. Old Habits is the second release by duo Kat Wallace and David Sasso, a light and delicate folk/bluegrass record, with touches of singer-songwriter material. […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Joe Brown “I’ll See You In My Dreams”

September 13, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0

Last week’s chain featured the considerably talented if unlikely pairing of Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Vedder is an artist who clearly likes to occasionally stretch his wings away from his rock base with […]

Cover art for Brisley Schwarz album 'Tangled'

Brinsley Schwarz “Tangled”

August 26, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0

Massively enjoyable outing by 70’s underground legend Brinsley Schwarz. Brinsley Schwarz’s backstory is that they were a band that almost made the jump from the pub rock scene into the big time in the early and […]

Cover art for Nacni Griffith "One Fair Summer Evening"

Classic Americana Albums: Nanci Griffith “One Fair Summer Evening”

August 11, 2021 Jonathan Smith 13

Quality songcraft and small club ambience. A smattering of crowd noise, then a quiet voice announces “Y’all welcome…Nanci Griffith”, and we’re spirited back to a warm Texas night in 1988, at the Anderson Fair, an old […]

Midland “The Last Resort”

August 6, 2021 Jonathan Smith 0

Solid country music return by stadium-friendly big guns. Midland burst onto the country scene a few years back with the super-catchy country pop-rock of ‘Drinking Problem’. Pretty soon they were packing out large stadiums all over […]