James Combs

Video Premiere: James Combs “High Pine Steeples” Feat. The Well Pennies

May 4, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

we’re pleased to share with you the latest single from Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter James Combs. Combs’ love of the redwood trees in California is clear from his heartfelt lines: “In the redwood cathedrals I found my […]

James Combs “Falling Under Spells”

May 25, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Byrds and Beatles influenced folk-pop filtered through 21st Century americana with ambient textures. James Combs has featured in numerous Americana UK pieces over the years as a member of the LA band Great Willow and having […]

Video Premiere: James Combs “Until This Old Wave Rolls By”

May 23, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

With foot-stomping percussion, rhythmic humming, powerful and melodic vocal meandering and a dose of twang, James Combs delivers an engaging new song, ‘Until This Old Wave Rolls By’. It’s a song of resistance and perseverance, an […]

Video Premiere: James Combs feat. April Mann “Strange Signs”

February 26, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

Los Angeles-based James Combs has set himself the ambitious project of releasing a series of bi-monthly double singles with his long-time collaborators Matt Hergert (drums) and the multi-instrumentalist John Would, who also takes on production responsibilities. […]

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Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

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An ambitious debut album that bravely tackles some very British subjects with an americana-folk twang. The genre may be americana – and America is most certainly struggling with its own set of problems right now – […]

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

March 23, 2026 0

An album with some credible moments and interesting songs which lay the foundations for his solo career. Country music can divide opinion at the best of times. It’s praised for its tropes and cliches as often […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

March 23, 2026 0

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Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Tracks

Wila Frank “Light of the Moon” – Ethereal and grounded sounds intertwined

July 26, 2024 0

Ethereal and grounded sounds intertwine as Wila Frank sings about ‘Light of the Moon’. This is the first single from her new ‘Agua Verde’ E.P. Recorded in a single afternoon at afternoon at Nashville’s state of […]

Videos

Video Premiere: Hannah Connolly “Bags are Packed”

August 16, 2023 0

Hannah Connolly is a singer-songwriter originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, now living in Los Angeles, California. Her debut album ‘From Where You Are’ which drew heavily from the loss of Connolly’s younger brother Cullen who was […]

Album Reviews

Raelyn Nelson Band “Don’t” (Independent, 2019)

October 23, 2019 0

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Video Premiere: James Combs “High Pine Steeples” Feat. The Well Pennies

James Combs “Falling Under Spells”

Video Premiere: James Combs “Until This Old Wave Rolls By”

Video Premiere: James Combs feat. April Mann “Strange Signs”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”

Sounds from beyond the Shed 228 “Don’t Panic”

Track Premiere: Bill Scorzari “Open Door”

Video: Jay Buchanan “Sway” – always wanting to do it better