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The Texas Gentlemen “Floor It!!!” (New West, 2020)

July 17, 2020 Alan Fitter 0

Trying to describe the music of The Texas Gentlemen is akin to nailing a blancmange to the wall. Even in the press release for their second album ‘Floor It!!!’ (sic) it states, “The album contains woozy, brass-fuelled […]

Ellen Starski “Sara’s Half-Finished Love Affair” (Independent, 2020)

July 16, 2020 Viv Fish 1

Throughout this album, born of a couple of chance encounters with Sara which led to a great friendship and the sharing of deeply personal experiences, Nashville-based artist and songwriter Ellen Starski explores and exquisitely illustrates the […]

Pi Jacobs “Two Truths and a Lie” (Traviana Records, 2020)

July 16, 2020 Emily Dongray 0

“Two truths and a lie” refers to the icebreaker party game where you reveal three statements about yourself. This album records Pi Jacobs doing the same, only musically. Which tracks are the truth? We may never […]

David Ramirez “My Love Is A Hurricane” (Thirty Tigers, 2020)

July 15, 2020 Jason McDonald 0

David Ramirez is releasing his fifth album ‘My Love Is A Hurricane’ via SweetWorld/Thirty Tigers, the second not self-produced after first using an outside producer on 2017’s ‘We’re Not Going Anywhere’. This time that role goes […]

Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Soucy “According Lines” (Independent, 2020)

July 15, 2020 Sean Hannam 0

US husband-and-wife folk duo Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Soucy (Garrett and Sirri) describe themselves as ‘singing rescue boat lyrics, pulling souls from the wreckage of meta-modern let down.’ Heavy stuff, eh? They live in rural Maine, […]

Something for the long weekend: Dolly Parton “Here I Am”

August 28, 2026 0

Well that’s it from us for this week, and what a sad week it’s been for not just the americana and country communities but for, well human decency. Plaudits can be cloying when someone moves on […]

Chris Murphy “Songs From the Trees”

August 28, 2026 0

A strong storytelling album, highlighted by good songs, exemplary playing and a fascinating soundscape. Chris Murphy was born into an Irish-Italian family in New York, growing up surrounded by a wide range of traditional music such […]

Classic Clips: Poco “High And Dry” – The Midnight Special, 1975

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On January 24, 1975, Poco appeared on The Midnight Special, the popular late-night musical variety show that ran during the 1970’s. One of the six songs they performed that evening was High and Dry, an energetic […]