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Mitch Dean “Holding Back the Levee” (Independent, 2020)

June 19, 2020 Mark Nenadic 0

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Mitch Dean is no spring chicken. Perhaps more of a gnarled rooster. And, as we all know, gnarled roosters make much better records than any spring chickens ever will. Dean’s voice is […]

Bessie Jones “Get In Union” (Alan Lomax Archives/Association For Cultural Equity, 2020)

June 18, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

This album is a vast collection of songs by Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers – captured on tape by Alan Lomax in 1959, when he returned to the island of St. Simons where […]

Victor Camozzi “Black Dog” (Volco Records, 2020)

June 18, 2020 Tim Newby 0

Victor Camozzi has a compelling, warbling, Texas drawl that helps frame his lyrics with a tasteful sincerity. On his fourth album, ‘Black Dog’, Camozzi sings about all the things you would expect a bearded, long-haired cowboy […]

My Darling Clementine “Country Darkness Vol.2” (Fretsore Records, 2020)

June 17, 2020 Richard Phillips 2

‘Country Darkness Vol. 2’ is an EP featuring songs originally penned by Elvis Costello, which are given the duet treatment by My Darling Clementine, AKA Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish. Providing the deftly delivered keyboards, […]

Richard Davies & The Dissidents “Human Traffic” (Bucketful of Brains, 2020)

June 17, 2020 Clint West 1

Richard Davies’ career so far has seen him largely occupying a place in the background. He has done session work for various artists but is better known as guitarist for Brit-Popsters Tiny Monroe and more recently […]