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Brendan & the Strangest Ways “Are We Sure The Dawn Is Coming?” (Independent, 2020)

September 7, 2020 Helen Jones 0

Brendan Shea – the man who creates music under the moniker of Brendan & the Strangest Ways – had a tough time over the four years it took him to record ‘Are We Sure The Dawn […]

Videos

Video: Brendan & the Strangest Ways “We Can Beat Mercury”

May 1, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This is an example of solid country-rock song-writing from Brendan & the Strangest Ways.  The video is a tongue-in-cheek demonstration of the difficulties musicians have in getting noticed.  Brendan Shea’s positive anthem competes with jugglers, dancers […]

Tracks

Brendan & the Strangest Ways “We Can Beat Mercury” – Listen

March 11, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

As part of his landmark series ‘Cosmos‘ the great Carl Sagan made a characteristically softly spoken and reasoned analysis of astrology, and found it was bunkum wrapped up in hokum.  No doubt he’d approve of Brenden […]

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If you’ve heard anything about Jim White, you’ve probably heard about the surfing, the modeling, the cab driving, and the unlikely way David Byrne changed his life with a record deal. You’ve heard about the junk […]

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Interview: Tess Liautaud on the New Zealand roots scene and the songs from Blue Mind

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From the first, rhythmically strummed notes of Blue Mind, Tess Liautaud, the Ōtautahi-based Franco-American singer-songwriter who has immersed herself among the characters on the New Zealand roots music scene, creates a lush, twangy, rock and country-soul […]

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Interview: Jonathan Bernstein on Justin Townes Earle, addiction, and the music that remains

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Jonathan Bernstein did not set out to sanctify Justin Townes Earle, nor to reduce him to a cautionary tale. With What Do You Do When You’re Lonesome, Bernstein instead accomplishes something far more difficult: he restores dimensionality […]

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Matt Woods hails from Knoxville, Tennessee where this CD was recorded in Shed 55. Here is an album to linger with and learn from. Matt accepts the reality of modern life. In Love in a Nuclear […]

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Brandon Grafius “Things Get Right” – Listen

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Sounding like a text book definition of roots-rock, and featuring some hot fiddle ‘Things Get Right’ is a toe-tapper and no mistake.  It’s the first single from Grafius’ upcoming second album ‘Highways and Backroads’ due in May, […]

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A heady brew of cosmic country and post-rock ambience. Originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Michael Hays has made his home in Austin, Texas and LA over the years with a quirky line in jobs (working in a […]

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