Album Reviews
Graham Nash “Now”
New collection of songs shows Nash’s songwriting is undimmed. There was a time when the ambition of a rock and roll band was to do as well as they could for their brief period in the […]
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Book Reviews
Book Review: Taylor Hagood “Stringbean: The Life and Murder of a Country Legend”
David Akeman, better known as Stringbean, is an often overlooked part of the long history of bluegrass and country music. To some he is the Wally Pipp of bluegrass music, as he is the man who […]
Album Reviews
Hannah Rose Platt “Deathbed Confessions”
Platt establishes herself as the consummate storyteller with an album of poetic ghost stories full of pulp noir and macabre mystery. On this her third album, though first for her new label ‘Xtra Mile Recordings’, ‘Deathbed Confessions’ […]
Album Reviews
Morganway “Back to Zero”
Band on the rise. What marks Morganway out from other soft rock bands with hints of Americana in their music is, mainly, the voice of lead singer, S.J. (Sarah Jane) Mortimer, which is an impressive instrument […]
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JP Ruggieri “Gradually Descend Into Chaos”
Songs of courage and hope arising from chaos. There is so much to like and admire in this album which is Nashville-based Ruggieri’s second full-length offering. On first listening it feels like a very breezy light […]