Paul Russell

Can’t Live With It – Can’t Live Without It: Freedy Johnston

December 5, 2024 Paul Russell 0

If you grow up as a music fan and have aspirations to become a musician – life is treating you a little unfairly if the only place you can buy records back in the seventies was […]

Essentials: The Top Ten Will Kimbrough Songs

November 28, 2024 Paul Russell 5

Will Kimbrough is the real deal. A masterful singer-songwriter who has been recording a wide range of music since his debut band The Bis-Quits recorded their 1993 album on John Prine’s Oh Boy label. That band […]

Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey “Nasagino Inagei Nidayulenvi”

November 22, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Fascinating debut from Cherokee musician keeping his language alive. Agalisiga “Chuj” Mackey is a Cherokee singer songwriter who lives in the Cherokee Nation in Northeast Oklahoma. With only 1,500 first language speakers left – his aim […]

Hank Dogs “Fiveways”

November 15, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Timely release of long lost album from revered folk trio. No pressure then. You’re a budding modern folk act starting your career in the mid-nineties – three musicians hoping for the best. Then suddenly your music […]

Wyatt Flores “Welcome To The Plains”

October 31, 2024 Paul Russell 0

Impressive debut for rising Mexican-American star in the making. Flores is certainly making a name for himself with a string of singles and EPs to his name with the likes of the New York Times praising […]