Honest songs that tackle alcoholism and isolation, but veer from spacey sounds to psych-folk, alt-rock and even grunge Based in Portland, Oregon, musician/engineer/producer Steve Drizos is the drummer for Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons. He has […]
Portland-based ‘indie Americana’ singer-songwriter goes soul-pop and jazz-blues, with mixed results According to the press material accompanying her new album, ‘Go Mine’, Portland ‘indie Americana’ artist Jenn Grinels has ‘eschewed the pristine production techniques you hear […]
I panicked when I first saw the link in last week’s Chain Gang, which was Lori McKenna’s ‘Humble and Kind’, as I didn’t know either the artist or the song. Then I did some digging around […]
Speaking to Ohio alternative weekly newspaper, The Cleveland Scene, in 2001, Chicago-based, alt-country singer-songwriter Chris Mills said of his second album, ‘Kiss It Goodbye’: “It’s about departures and things breaking down – relationships and things like […]
West Virginia-based duo Mink’s Miracle Medicine (Melissa Wright and Daniel Zezeski, who share vocal duties) describe themselves as ‘Americana’, but the urgent album opener, and recent single, ‘At The Fair,’ recalls the rushing, jangly guitar pop […]
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