Kimberly Bright

Album cover art for Beau Jennings' Heavy Light

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “Heavy Light”

April 13, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

A meaningful album about looking back on life’s crossroads and looking for the light-filled path. Only a few months since the release of his EP ‘Feel the Sun’ with his band The Tigers, Oklahoma’s Beau Jennings […]

Ray Wylie Hubbard “Co-Starring Too”

March 28, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

Eccentric, outlaw poet-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard has created another collaborative album of pure joy. Late bloomers of the world can take heart at the career of Ray Wylie Hubbard. The 75-year-old Oklahoma-born and mostly Texas-raised iconoclastic […]

Cold Cold Blood “In Cold Cold Blood”

March 4, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

Eclectic and atmospheric vintage alt-country from French quartet Cold Cold Blood. Limoges singer-songwriter, bassist, and guitarist Fabien Bréart is a musical DIY hero in France. He played bass in the raucous garage rock band The Lost […]

Little Feat Sailing Shoes album cover art

Classic Americana Albums: Little Feat “Sailin’ Shoes”

March 2, 2022 Kimberly Bright 4

‘Sailin’ Shoes’ was Little Feat’s second album with the original lineup of Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Richie Hayward, and Bill Payne. The quartet’s music was among many wonderful freewheeling experiments to come out of Frank Zappa’s […]

Album cover art for Simone Felice's All The Bright Coins

Simone Felice “All The Bright Coins”

February 22, 2022 Kimberly Bright 0

Introspective autobiographical folk on Simone Felice’s first solo album in four years. Upstate New York artist Simone Felice, a founding member of The Felice Brothers and The Duke & The King, wanders through dark autobiographical territory […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”

September 21, 2026 0

I went to Brighton this week to see The Jayhawks. They were playing at the newly restored Corn Exchange. The gig was being promoted by the excellent Brighthelmstone Promotions, and a good time was promised and […]

Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train

September 21, 2026 0

This latest single from Brown Wimpenny heralds the Autumn into Winter tour by the band alongside an ever-changing roster of artists from the same Broadside Hacks record label. The song came into their repertoire in an […]

Video: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground “Ships at Sea” – wonderfully-warm and woozy

September 21, 2026 0

Check out the absorbing Ships at Sea from Boston-based bluegrass quintet Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground. Written by Toronto-based band Basset, this is a gorgeously-tuneful song that showcases Setiawan’s clear, pure voice. The words are full […]

Articles by Kimberly Bright

Beau Jennings & The Tigers “Heavy Light”

Ray Wylie Hubbard “Co-Starring Too”

Cold Cold Blood “In Cold Cold Blood”

Classic Americana Albums: Little Feat “Sailin’ Shoes”

Simone Felice “All The Bright Coins”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”

Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train

Video: Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground “Ships at Sea” – wonderfully-warm and woozy

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “Be With You Tonight”

Benjamin Tod “Country is Dead”