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Andrea & Mud and James Wesley Haymer Reviewed
March 3, 2024
Andrea & Mud – This Time
Similar artists: Orville Peck, Johnny Cash, Neko Case, Loretta Lynn
Genre: Americana, Alt Country
It’s actually very easy to change. People do it all the time for the most important things in their lives. Changing for the better…
Sun Wave Mountain Cave and Union Specific Reviewed
February 18, 2024
Sun Wave Mountain Cave – Streetlights/Ginkgoes
Similar artists: Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes, The Smashing Pumpkins
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
Art can be a terrible thing for a person who already feels too much. It can…
Alberta & The Dead Eyes and Mike B & the Universe Reviewed
December 28, 2023
Alberta & The Dead Eyes – Bundled Up Blues
Similar artists: Billie Holiday, Skip James, Feist
Genre: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Alt Pop
It’s a wonderful thing to consider you might not be the starring character in your story but rather an episodic one…
Brent Amaker & the Rodeo and Bess Atwell Reviewed
November 30, 2023
Brent Amaker & the Rodeo – Take It By the Horns
Similar artists: Johnny Cash, Orville Peck, The Mavericks
Genre: Americana, Southern Rock
It’s hard to find any people who don’t have an opinion about what has been dubbed “country music.” The…
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.