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Branson Anderson and Ben Denny Mo Reviewed
November 19, 2024
Branson Anderson – Shake Your Bangs
Country music, for at least 80 years or so, really sends out a message each time that it is played. It’s not about the lyrics to the song, the person doing the singing, or even the quality of those two things in tandem. It’s…
Welsh & Company and The Hearts Reviewed
November 11, 2024
Welsh & Company – Lead Me to the Wolves
Nearly half of the world’s countries are holding elections this year. However, there is just one political election that nobody has been able to get away from. No, it wasn’t billed as a political event. The promoters…
The Sensational Country Blues Wonders! - "If I Stop Moving, I'll Fall From The Sky" Reviewed
October 28, 2024
Want to read something wild? Go and pick up any biography of any important blues, country or rock n’ roll singer from the U.S.A. who operated mainly in the 1950s or ’60s. Your mind will be blown, and I am willing to bet that the truth will certainly outshine the…
Hamish Anderson and Joel Nowakowski Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Hamish Anderson – Brighter Days
Some people live for the thrills, for the surprises and for the things that they never saw coming. These people are confident in the fortitude of their cardiovascular system and get bored really easily.
Of course, the folks…
Casey Frazier and Laura Zarougian Reviewed
October 10, 2024
Casey Frazier – If We Grow Old
Many kids try to record a couple of songs or start a high school band. The ones who can afford it make a bid to be pop stars. They put out a video and designed an online marketing campaign. Most of them stop once the money or the…
Lung Brothers and The Bobby Tenderloin Universe Reviewed
September 26, 2024
Lung Brothers – Death Be Kind
Some people mean it. They’re terrifying. They’re not saying things just to get attention, just to mess with your mind while you’re busy having a beer and watching the game. Some people are genuinely sad bastards with a kind of…
JD Hinton and Doug Walther Reviewed
September 19, 2024
JD Hinton – Trouble Time
Townes van Zandt, the great philosopher of country music, sang about kinds of troubles that, should they ever find you, would break your back and leave you with nothing. That isn’t exactly a cheerful subject, the kind that pop music…
The Beard and the Bird and YZAPE Reviewed
August 22, 2024
The Beard and the Bird – Dust If You Must
Nobody is really sure why certain styles of music are retired. It’s not like someone asks a commission to study the songs of that genre and conclude whether it should continue to concern modern audiences. It’s not like…
Jimmy Mallia and Tyler Ballgame Reviewed
August 15, 2024
Jimmy Mallia – Had Em All
Humour is one of the elements that, fortunately, creeps into alternative music all the time. It helps the music feel as if it’s coming out of the left field as if the people responsible for making it have a greater vision than any of us…