Album Reviews
Rod Picott “Paper Hearts & Broken Arrows”
Picott returns with a sometimes achingly sad album of fantastic songs. The arrival of a new Rod Picott is like having a welcoming hug from an old friend who you finally meet up with after a […]
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Album Reviews
Michael & Michelle “The Watching Silence”
Downtown Abbey meets americana – or does it? When I received the notification from my editor asking me to review this record, he said “Bet you didn’t think you’d get to mention Downton Abbey in a […]
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Hot Club of Cowtown “Wild Kingdom”
A strong outing from a band who know who they are and aren’t afraid to embrace it. Back in 1994, guitarist and singer Whit Smith answered an ad vocalist and violinist Elana James placed in the […]
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Joshua Hedley “Neon Blue”
The “Singing Professor” further burnishes his country credentials on second album. Following Joshua Hedley’s critically acclaimed 2018 debut ‘Mr. Jukebox’, released by Jack White’s Third Man Records, comes ‘Neon Blue’ – as much a sophomore record […]
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BRIM “California Gold”
It’s trad, dad – California country rockers mine a rich seam, but there’s too much fool’s gold and not enough precious metal. BRIM’s debut album is intended as “a paean to the dirt-road back streets and […]