Album Reviews
Strand of Oaks “In Heaven”
An ode to joy – album number eight is a belter. In Heaven is the eighth studio album from Tim Showalter aka Strand of Oaks. The album is a reflection on love, loss and enlightenment, influenced, […]
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Kris Gruen “Welcome Farewell”
Kris Gruen’s fifth album “Welcome Farewell” displays a growing confidence and maturity. Kris Gruen has drawn upon his experience as a poet and songwriter to create an album which explores his home, family making his personal […]
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Ian Jones “Evergreens”
Inventive playing on good songs highlights a refreshing songwriting talent. Ian Jones falls squarely into the singer-songwriter category, and these six songs could so easily have turned out as bland as far too much of the […]
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Sean Rowe “The Darkness Dressed In Colored Lights”
Inspired lyrics reside amongst an atmospheric soundscape. Sometimes it can be fruitful to digress, in this instance from an album review to foraging for food. Rowe has his own Youtube feature, ‘Can I eat this?’ on […]
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The Sundogs “Embroidered Rose”
Lee and Will Haraway and their Sundogs come up with one of the better Americana band outings of the year so far. As both Don & Phil of the masterful The Everly Brothers are now no […]