Lucinda Wiilliams – Good Souls Better Angels Label: Highway 20 Records Release Date: April 24, 2020 Good Souls Better Angels is the definition of rock-solid blues. It also happens to be the most topical album of three time Grammy award winner Lucinda Williams’ career. It’s a collection of straight up, obstinate blues. The dangerous world … Continue reading
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Timely New Country: Big and Rich — ‘Stay Home’
If there ever was a country song just begging for a video, it’s the new release from country music’s feel-good duo, Big and Rich. The new single, on the Thirty Tigers label, is titled, “Stay Home.” Sound familiar? I’m sure we can all relate to it. For a “quarantune,” it’s kinda catchy. “WE’RE ALL … Continue reading
New Blues: Rory Block — ‘Prove It On Me’
Rory Block – Prove It On Me Label: Stony Plain Records Prove It On Me , an album full of breathtaking musicianship and haunting beauty, is the latest from the six-time Blues Music Award-winner Rory Block. The second installment in her “Power Women of the Blues” series (dedicated to exploring the music of some of her … Continue reading
New Music: Gordon Lightfoot — ‘Solo’
Gordon Lightfoot — SoloLabel: Rhino Records Solo is Gordon Lightfoot’s first studio album since 2004. It is a spare songwriting tour de force and more than welcome during these introspective, pared down times. Most of these songs were written and first recorded not long before Gordon Lightfoot suffered a debilitating aneurysm in 2002. Rediscovering them … Continue reading
European Radio Stations Play “You’ll Never Walk Alone” At Same Time In Show Of Solidarity
Radio stations across Europe including the BBC have joined forces to simultaneously play Gerry & The Pacemakers’ ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ in a show of solidarity against coronavirus. The stirring 1963 song was played at 7:45am GMT this morning on BBC Radio 1’s weekend breakfast show with Matt Edmondson and Mollie King, Zoe Ball’s Radio … Continue reading
New Blues: Forrest McDonald Band — ‘Blues in a Bucket’
New Blues: Forrest McDonald Band — Blues in a Bucket Label: World Talent Records My neighbors love this album as much as I. How could they not? After all, I’ve played it at full volume all day and received a text from them, asking what the name of the kick-ass band was that they were … Continue reading
Authentic New Country: Randall King’s “She Gone”
One of country’s new crop of modern traditionalists, Warner Music Nashville artist Randall King has never lived outside the endless plains of West Texas – and his sound is steeped in their timeless beauty, both gritty and graceful at the same time. He grew up singing in the back of a ‘93 Chevy Suburban, joyfully … Continue reading
Interview with Dustin Lynch: A Track-by-Track Guide to his new Album (‘Tullahoma’)
Dustin Lynch has always been one of Parcbench’s favorite country stars. We’ve had the pleasure of interviewing him ever since his first single (“Cowboys and Angels”) hit back in 2012. It’s a new decade now and he’s got a new album, but it’s still the same well-crafted, solid, country music. Here’s Dustin’s take on the … Continue reading
Brandy Clark’s New Single — “Who You Thought I Was”
Brandy Clark’s ‘Your Life Is A Record’ Out March 6 Grammy-nominated and CMA Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark will release her highly anticipated new album, Your Life is a Record, March 6 on Warner Records. In advance of the release, the first single, “Who You Thought I Was,” is out today. The song … Continue reading
parcbench.live’s Ten Best Country Songs of the 2010s
[Songs released between Jan. 2, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2019 were considered.] Well, what do you know? The 2010’s weren’t such a bad decade for country music after all. If you don’t count Ken Burns’ trite PBS documentary. And especially if you don’t count the Las Vegas Route 91 Harvest Festival attack — a massive … Continue reading
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