Kimberly Bright

Casper Skulls “Knows No Kindness”

December 22, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

A complex album from Toronto’s Casper Skulls that takes them in a new musical direction and deals with coming to terms with traumatic memories. As residents of Toronto will proudly point out, their city is one […]

Small Venue Heroes: TWINS

December 14, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

TWINS are a highly regarded, long-running Americana rock band from Waterloo in the Cedar Valley of Iowa that formed around 2011. Three of the current five members (Joel, Toby, and Luke Sires – Toby replaced founding […]

Cover for Beau Jennings' Feel the Sun EP

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “Feel the Sun”

December 10, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

A tight EP of heartland rock from one of Oklahoma’s best songwriters. Former Cheyenne frontman and filmmaker Beau Jennings is from Norman, Oklahoma, a lively college town south of Oklahoma City with a close-knit music scene. […]

Book Review – Michael Elliott “Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story”

December 2, 2021 Kimberly Bright 2

A long overdue, in-depth biography of one of Americana’s most enigmatic characters. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt has long deserved, among many other accolades and tributes, to have a proper biography written about his complex life and career. […]

Kiely Connell “Calumet Queen”

November 29, 2021 Kimberly Bright 0

A stunning and emotionally potent debut album from Midwestern singer-songwriter Kiely Connell. On the cover of Kiely Connell’s debut album “Calumet Queen” is a drawing of her wearing a beauty queen tiara with the spikes forming […]

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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0

An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

artwork for The Montvales album "Path Of Totality"

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0

Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

Articles by Kimberly Bright

Casper Skulls “Knows No Kindness”

Small Venue Heroes: TWINS

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “Feel the Sun”

Book Review – Michael Elliott “Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story”

Kiely Connell “Calumet Queen”

Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”