Rick Bayles

Picnic Area “No Country For Young Men” (Limefield, 2018)

August 16, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

‘No Country For Young Men’ is the third album from Mancunian alt-country rockers Picnic Area – and it’s a good one. Writing in the shadow of Brexit and the rise of Trump has given this band […]

The Pinkerton Raid “Where The Wild Spirits Fly” (Independent, 2018)

August 3, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Hailing from Durham in North Carolina ‘The Pinkerton Raid’ (great name!) produce an Indie/Americana sound based around the writing of the band’s frontman, Jesse James DeConto. This is their fourth full-length album and is based on […]

Marla and David Celia “Daydreamers” (Elite Records, 2018)

July 17, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

This album sounds so much like it was made sometime in the late sixties/early seventies that there’s a kind of time capsule feel to it; a little glimpse into a forgotten world. You can almost see […]

Various Artists “Restoration” (Universal Music Nashville, 2018)

July 3, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

Now this is a really interesting album. To give it its full title it is ‘Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin’ and it does exactly that. Sixteen different acts from a country […]

Parker Millsap “Other Arrangements” (Thirty Tigers, 2018)

June 29, 2018 Rick Bayles 0

One of the interesting things about reviewing new music is that, every so often, an artist will throw a real curve ball with a new recording; and that’s exactly what we have here on the latest […]