It all goes back to MySpace (for younger readers that was…. oh, never mind) – that’s where Bridge 19’s frontwomen Audrey Cecil and Amanda Lucas came across each other’s music – and soon started working as a duo. They’d actually know each other as kids, but had headed off to different colleges and unbeknownst to each other had taken up songwriting. As their sound grew they expanded from a duo to full band status, and thus Bridge 19 came into being. Bridge 19 has had some band members come an go over the years; the current lineup consists of Cecil on lead guitar and Lucas on rhythm guitar or handheld percussion, Joey Thieman (horns, accordion), Meg Samples (drums), Jeff Faith (bass) has been in place since 2014.
This new track is taken from their soon to be released third album ‘In the Afterglow‘, and from the opening harmonised lines there’s not really any secret about what the song’s main theme is “Darlin’ don’t go / lay down your head / ‘cos it’s way too cold / So get back in bed.”
Austin-based band offer familiar yet ferocious ‘browngrass’ on fifth album. The press release for Austin-based Sour Bridges’ fifth album ‘Down and Out’ describes their music as ‘browngrass’ – a mixture of country, rock and bluegrass. This is an apt summary of the album’s sound, which draws from various americana-laced fonts…
Lively alt-country telling authentic tales from the Virginia mountains. Formed in 2020, Low Water Bridge Band hail from Clarke County, Virginia, a town about 40 miles northwest of Washington DC. However, more importantly, it is also about 15 miles from the edge of the Shenandoah National Park and this is…
Charlie and the Rays is a duo comprised of sisters Jordan and Rebecca Stobbe. The sisters hail from Seattle but this most recent record was recorded in New York and produced by Johnny Sangster (Mudhoney, Mark Lanegan, The Posies, Neko Case). The EP ‘That’s Where You Were Born’ also includes…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
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