Album Reviews
Peach & Quiet “Beautiful Thing”
Canadian duo build on promise of debut album with this stunning sophomore offering. Barely three weeks into the new year and I find myself with the good fortune to be listening to an album that will […]
Album Reviews
Album Reviews
No Oil Paintings “Rain Season”
An excellent debut showcasing No Oil Painting’s folk, country, blues and rock influences. ‘Rain Season‘ is the debut album by No Oil Paintings, a highly regarded four-piece ‘alt-folk’ band from Belfast; Chris Kelly on lead vocals […]
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H.C. McEntire “Every Acre”
An excellent collection of songs that both challenges and sounds familiar. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say expectations for H.C.McEntire’s third solo album, ‘Every Acre’, were high after two entries in end of year best […]
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Tim Easton “North American Songwriter Vol. 1 and 2”
Unplugged and raw – Close your eyes and let Easton transport you to a better, gentler world. Born in Ohio but now living in Nashville. Easton describes himself as a dyed-in-the-wool troubadour. In the mode of […]
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Daniel Antopolsky “Old Timey, Soulful, Hippy-Dippy, Flower Child Songs from the Cosmos… Wow! (Unheard Songs of the Early 1970s, Part Two)”
Original Outlaw Country era survivor revisits songs written on the global hippy trail. The story of Daniel Antopolsky’s friendship with Townes Van Zandt and his brief but formative time at the emergence of what became known […]