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Johnny Lawhorn and the Pentagram String Band – Blood On The Wall
Similar artists: Amigo the Devil, The Bridge City Sinners, Murder By Death, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Genre: Alt-Country
Friendly stereotyping might have kept traditional country bands safe…
Van Plating – The Heron (feat. Elizabeth Cook)
Similar artists: Elizabeth Cook, Sunny Sweeney, Amanda Shires, Margo Price, Lilly Hiatt
Genre: Americana, Alt-Country
Van Plating’s “The Heron” is a touching tribute to childhood memories and the innocence…
Welcome views: Far Caspian and Patrick Davis
July 16, 2023
Patrick Davis – Six String Dreams
Similar artists: Jason Isbell, Justin Townes Earle, Son Volt
Genre: Alt-Country, Southern Rock
Patrick Davis is still of the opinion that guitar music can change the world, and he doesn’t need the charts of record labels to…
Old earth screams: Yasmin de Laine and Divining Rod
March 21, 2023
Divining Rod – Another Endless Night
Similar artists: Hiss Golden Messenger, SG Goodman, Lukas Nelson and Promise Of The Real Caamp, Shakey Graves
Genre: Folk rock, Americana
Unless you’re Scott Walker or have managed to release a few Diamond albums along…
Anyone but you: Langkamer and The Dust Collectors and Elijah Blake
February 10, 2023
The Dust Collectors – Murder, I Wrote
Similar artists: The Band, Crosby Still Nash and Young
Genre: Folk, Americana, Alt-Country
Pop music has been liberated. There is virtually no topic that is off-limits, as frequent readers of this blog will have noticed.
Nothing, all the time: Ralph Nix & the Guilt Birds and Jon Tyler Wiley & His Virginia Choir
January 30, 2023
Jon Tyler Wiley & His Virginia Choir – Laura Lee
Similar artists: Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Wilco, The Black Crowes
Genre: Southern rock, Country-rock
I don’t think that there’s ever been a time when bands had less time or the inclination to try…
Devastating truths: Collisionville and Space Dudes reviewed
November 5, 2022
Space Dudes – Loon
Genre: Folk rock, Americana, Alt Country
Similar artists: John Prine, Todd Snider, Hayes Carll
Lou Reed, in one of his trademark cantankerous states, advised people who really liked rock n’ roll to go out and die for it. Mr. Reed claimed…
Well Dressed Spirits – Salt in the air
Similar artists: Jason Isbell, Shovels and Rope, Turnpike Troubadors
You can’t really have a winning football team (that’s soccer to our North American readers) without a few South Americans, preferably Brazilians. I…
The Mossley Hillbillies – Can You See Me Falling? (For You)
Genre: Country, Indie-folk
You can’t trust alt-rock musicians that claim they’ve never heard country. You can trust them if they say they hate ABBA either. Good music is beyond coolness.