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Album cover artwork for Preeper Rhaye MacKay "Wood and Wire"

Preeper Rhaye MacKay “Wood & Wire”

October 31, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Atmospheric traditional Appalachian folk with beautiful harmonies. Vocalist Jessica Rhaye, guitarist Bill Preeper and multi-instrumentalist Sandy MacKay were together in the Canadian folk-rock band The Ramshackle Parade, which has produced two albums “Just Like a Woman […]

Dawes “Oh Brother”

October 30, 2024 Dean Nardi 1

Where art thou? Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith cling to each other on the band’s ninth album. It was nearly a decade ago when Dawes released their fourth album with the plea so many rock ‘n roll […]

M G Boulter “Days Of Shaking”

October 30, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

M G Boulter returns with suburban dramas playing out scenes of hope and wonder. ‘Days Of Shaking’ is the long-anticipated follow-up to M G Boulter’s 2021 ‘Clifftown’. In this new work Boulter continues to develop his […]

Album cover for Smith and Reno Feudin' Again

Re-release Review: Arthur Smith and Don Reno “Feudin’ Again!”

October 30, 2024 Gordon Mackay 0

Early country music pioneers 1979 reunion album finally available digitally. ‘Feudin’ Again!‘ was the 1979 album capturing the reunion between two legends of early country and bluegrass music, Arthur ‘Guitar Boogie’ Smith and Don Reno. Legend […]

Album cover for Hell of Helene compilation

Various Artists “The Hell of Helene Songs of Appalachian Relief”

October 29, 2024 Andy Short 2

An exceptional compilation of Appalachian music. On September 26th, 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall at peak intensity in the Big Bend region of Florida near Perry. Helene was a category four hurricane, bringing winds over 140 […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

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Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]

Interview: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry celebrates The Sadies’ Dallas Good and Watchtowers

July 13, 2026 0

Canada has continued to punch above its weight musically since the days of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and the Canuck members of The Band first rose to international prominence in the ’60s, and The Sadies, with […]