Rick Thorn

Morton Valence “Morton Valence”

November 28, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

Multi-layered enigmatic urban country music. This self-titled album is the eighth from the London duo of Robert Jessett and Anne Gilpin. It has been produced by B J Cole legendary producer and steel guitar maestro who […]

Halley Neal ”Beautiful & Blue”

September 16, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

An optimistic, pleasant blend of past and present. Halley Neal is a folk singer in her twenties based in Nashville. She grew up listening to The Beatles Fleetwood Mac and The Grateful Dead. This self-published album […]

Bill Scorzari “The Cross Winds Of Kansas”

August 30, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

Consistently interesting, sometimes dark but always uplifting. Bill Scorzari is a New York singer, songwriter and mutli instrumentalist, and ‘The Cross Winds Of Kansas’ is his fourth independently released album. Scorzari became a full-time musician via […]

Forrest McCurren “Oh Me, Oh My”

August 12, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

Small-town blue-collar tales of hope around the campfire. This is Forrest McCurren’s debut album independently released and is a definite grower. Fans of John Prine will see and hopefully admire the influence. The songs take the […]

Mean Mary “Portrait of a Woman, Part 1”

August 5, 2022 Rick Thorn 0

An eclectic mixture of folk songs and tunes. Mean Mary real name Mary James 42 & was born in Geneva Alabama. She was a child prodigy who could read music before she could read words, writing […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers

August 5, 2026 0

Includes tracks from My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams and MJ Lenderman among others. Cinema Music Group, Killphonic Records, and City Slang have announced Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2 – Out of […]

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