Sounding Arrow — Loving Is Breathing Label: California Country Records Smile. It’s still all gonna be okay. The first solo project from Scott Kinnebrew, Sounding Arrow is a romantic tribute to the trippy whimsy of a golden sunset laden adolescence in the now nearly mythical California beach culture of a few decades past. In other words, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Slide Guitar Heaven — Dennis Johnson’s ‘Rhythmland’
Dennis Johnson & The Mississippi Ramblers — Rhythmland With Rhythmland, Dennis Johnson has delivered a well-thought-out, well rounded, thoroughly satifying collection of songs (9 of 10 being originals) that employ the slide guitar in all of its impressive versatility. If you are in the mood for a master musician dealing out a blend of blues, jazz, … Continue reading
THE ROOTS OF POPULAR MUSIC: THE RALPH S. PEER STORY, Delivers First Complete Musical Survey Of Pioneering A&R Man, Producer And Publisher
Three-disc box chronicles Peer’s role in popularizing blues, country, jazz, Latin, R&B and rock, featuring timeless artists including Mamie Smith, Jimmie Rodgers, Lefty Frizzell, Tito Puente, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis, Bob Dylan and many more Box sets have existed since music was first etched into shellac discs, but never has one … Continue reading
AMERICA’S HERITAGE: Home Recordings/Demos 1970-1973 Contains Home Recordings And Unissued Songs From First Three Albums
Set features 16 tracks — ten previously unissued — including a hidden bonus: an a cappella version of the band’s first #1 single, “A Horse With No Name” Sons of U.S. servicemen stationed in England, Dewey Bunnell, Gerry Beckley and Dan Peek met in high school in 1967. The three teenagers ultimately formed a band that was … Continue reading
Country Legend Ian Tyson’s New Song — “You Should Have Known”
Legendary Canadian western singer-songwriter Ian Tyson records “You Should Have Known,” a song that unapologetically celebrates the hard living, hard drinking, hard loving cowboy life. Written by Nashville’s Pat McLaughlin and featuring veteran session-man Charlie McCoy, the song yodels, slides and two-steps through the country music foothills, peaking with the raw emotions of a lifestyle … Continue reading
Dustin Lynch’s “Small Town Boy” Continues Chart Reign For Third Week
DUSTIN LYNCH has earned his title as “one of Country music’s most reliable hit makers” (Tennessean) as his FIFTH consecutive #1 “Small Town Boy” remains in the top spot of the Billboard Country Aircheck chart for a third week and continues to dominate the Country Aircheck/Mediabase Country Airplay chart for a second week as the … Continue reading
Kid Rock Releases New Song “Tennessee Mountain Top”
Kid Rock has never really been “away,” but it’s fair to say that he is definitely “back.” He just unveiled his latest song “Tennessee Mountain Top.” The track brings out a Country infused southern rock spirit that has drawn Country fans to Kid Rock for almost two decades since he released the CMA, ACM nominated … Continue reading
Sean McConnell — ‘Undone’
Sean McConnell — Undone Label: Rounder Records There is something downright life-affirming about Sean McConnell’s highly anticipated new release, Undone. It is a re-recording of his self-titled album from last summer, but it is so much more than that. Maybe it’s the ideas conveyed, perhaps it’s the emotion precisely expressed, or maybe it’s the almost unfamiliar-in-2017-humanity … Continue reading
New Bluegrass: The Grascals – ‘Before Breakfast’
The Grascals – Before Breakfast Label: Mountain Home Music Company Before Breakfast, the spirited new album from The Grascals, finds the bluegrass band at a career high point (including three Grammy nominations and two Entertainer of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association), and I certainly won’t be alone in hailing the band’s infectious energy … Continue reading
Andy Frasco and the U.N. — ‘Songs From The Road’
Andy Frasco and the U.N. — Songs From The Road Label: Ruf Records The best things in life are not sufficiently described by mere words. Therefore, I accept no responsibility if I fail to convince you what a genre-blurring party this album is. Experience it for yourself; it’s the only way. If you haven’t seen … Continue reading
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