Album Reviews
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The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina – Little King and the Salamander
New York City’s The Merrymaker’s Orchestrina open Little King and the Salamander with the curt opener Hey Everybody, a guitar dominant instrumental with a strong Hendrix influence...
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Severine – Feel The Rain
I don’t know where the shortsighted notion of pop music being nothing more than two minute hook-laden jingles came from, but I find that it’s...
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Barry Abernathy & Darrell Webb – Appalachian Road Show
Barry Abernathy and Darrell Webb present Appalachian Road Show, the first joint musical effort between Abernathy, Webb and guest star Jim VanCleve on fiddle, is...
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The Cold Stares – Mountain
From the moment that Mountain comes smashing through our speakers like a wrecking ball in the song The Great Unknown, there isn’t any debate as to whether...
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Abby Zotz – Local Honey
It is no surprise Abby Zotz’s first solo collection Local Honey is about personal journeys, interpersonal relationships, and how those things take on different trajectories in our...
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The Blackmail Seduction – The Blackmail Seduction II
Jess McClellan has a knack for writing about serious subjects set within substantive and entertaining musical landscapes. It isn’t a skill shared by everyone. Even...
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Del Suelo – The Musician’s Compass: A 12 Step Programme
With a touch of humor, irony and a lot of contemplation, Del Suelo illustrates a modern beat poet’s soundtrack in the stunning new album The Musician’s...
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Cindy G – Moonshiner’s Daughter
Music is something that’s very hard to describe without using a lot of recycled terminology. A song is beautiful, a rhythm is smooth; none of...
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Wave 21 – Wave 21
Lately some of my colleagues and I have taken to referring to the renewed interest in country-inspired crossover styles like country/pop and country/rock simply as...
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The Captain Ledge Band – Rumors of the Great White Skunk
The third album from the Oklahoma based Captain Ledge Band, Rumors of the Great White Skunk, is a ten song collection from the husband/wife team of...
